"grassroots organising and militancy" doesn't really sound like an endorsement of trying to "win this one within the liberal system" to me tbh but I could be wrong;)
Blakey
Why is it being "peaceful" a good thing if you believe they're literal Nazis? Were the allies wrong to take military action in WWII? The Trump government is doing actual, physical, direct violence to the most vulnerable people in America and you're glad that people have come up with something that makes them feel like they're "fighting back" without causing even the most depraved of their stormtroopers even a moment's inconvenience. They don't even need to ACKNOWLEDGE this. It's the most pathetic, toothless thing imaginable.
Now personally I recognise that peaceful "protest" that doesn't even cause minor inconvenience to your target is pointless. Worse than pointless - it makes people feel like they've achieved something when what they've done is something that trump et al. can simply ignore with zero repercussions. If you're trying to change things, what's the point of taking an action that won't l, and can't, cause any change? God, you would have loved Neville Chamberlain.
I'm an arab, and naturally i'm pretty anti-US, anti-EU, anti-NATO etc etc (Gee, i wonder why?) you CANNOT criticize any of those three here* (You can criticize US under republicans, not US under democrats 🌚)
There's such an extreme inability to see things from a different perspective among liberals who live in the imperial core. It's where the whole "Chinese citizens are brainwashed" thing comes from, too, they can't grasp that maybe in its progress towards superpower status, China's actually made things better for a lot of its people, and as a result they're happy with their government.
Are you denying the very well documented firebombings of vehicles and lynching of unarmed officers by rioters that preceded the deployment of armed soldiers at Tiananmen square?
Also there was no violence inside the square - it was all in the streets surrounding the square. But because this is such an important event to you, you've put in the research and understand that- right?
Fair.