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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down11·edit-22 days agoWe need to clarify because Fox News is constantly trying to classify all protests as Riots. Sometimes, protests do change into something else, they stop being peaceful, but the vast majority are not that.
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThe term “peaceful protest” massively predates Fox News. We were using the term in the ‘60s, and Fox News was only founded in 1996.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-22 days agoThat’s fair there are also other people we need to clarify these things to due to the widespread implication otherwise.
We need to clarify because Fox News is constantly trying to classify all protests as Riots. Sometimes, protests do change into something else, they stop being peaceful, but the vast majority are not that.
The term “peaceful protest” massively predates Fox News. We were using the term in the ‘60s, and Fox News was only founded in 1996.
That’s fair there are also other people we need to clarify these things to due to the widespread implication otherwise.