This lie about non violence being the way to protest is what led us here.

Since civil rights they changed the government to prevent that from being possible, and from a watergate scandal forcing resignation of our leader.

If others are violently attacking you, you have a right to defend yourselves, if recognized by a corrupt government or not.

The gains we have made were through unions. And they defended themselves time and again from private groups and the corrupt power of the state, as is their legal right.