Source: Liberal Currents
by Guillaume AW Attia
“Whether one thinks protesting in the streets of Minneapolis is a wise action or not, it remains the case that Americans have a right to vigorously protest the actions of the state, and not fear being killed for it. In fact, it was Justice Douglas’s opinion that ‘the right to speak freely and to promote diversity of ideas and programs,’ is ‘one of the chief distinctions that sets us apart from totalitarian regimes.’ To believe, whether implicitly or explicitly, that public protests are only justified when complainants protest quietly, or when the government deems the protests appropriate, or when the victims are lionized by the administration and its backers, is to give far too much credit to the state.” (02/07/26)