Okay, a few things to address here:
1. It's impossible to not be violent if you're trying to protect yourself from a violent regime. When the American military kills thousands of people a year, and when the police force shoots and kills people on a daily basis, and attacks protesters with tear gas and pepperspray, are people just supposed to be peaceful?
2. Also, regarding the fact the protesters are destroying property: yes, it's not the ideal solution, but they've been pretty much backed into a corner. Martin Luther King said himself that "A riot is the language of the unheard", meaning that all forms of peaceful protesting have gotten them nowhere. Blacks are still unfairly treated, women's rights are still being taken away and Muslims and Hispanics are still being demonized. Now, the only way that people seem to pay attention is through riots.
3. In regards to "free speech", what do we mean by that? We should let people say whatever they want, no matter how racist it is? Because surely giving fascists "free speech" and trying to come up with a "peaceful solution" surely convinced the Nazis to be peace-loving people who cared about the rights of others, right?
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