Reply #110: The French strikes tend to be violent. [View All]

[JDPriestly]

But American marches tend to be peaceful. =

I don't think Americans feel comfortable with mobs that are violent. I generally don't demonstrate because I think it is a waste of time. No one pays any attention in our country. And violence tends to backfire. Besides, I just do not believe in violence as a means to make political progress. There is always a backlash and people including maybe my loved ones get hurt. It just isn't worth it. I think most Americans feel that way about violence.

But that is why our marches tend to be peaceful. Martin Luther King taught nonviolence but marched. That is our tradition. The French have a very different tradition.