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Nonviolent protesting vs Violent protesting (Advantages of Peaceful…
Nonviolent protesting vs Violent protesting
Advantages of Peaceful Protest
-Positive solution: It reminds people that even when governed by an oppressive regime, the power still lies with the people.
-More common: On average, peaceful protests attract about 11 times more public participation than armed protest.
-Low-risk factor: Because peaceful protest is peaceful, there is a lot lower risk factor that you will get hurt if you choose to help protest.
-Inspiration: Many activists link their methods to successors such as Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandhi. Figures like these serve as inspiration to resistance movements.
Disadvantages to Peaceful Protests
-Time: Because social and political change takes time.
-Declining success: Although peaceful protests have become more common, their success rates have declined drastically since 2000
-Democracy is not guaranteed: Non-violent uprisings do not necessarily constitute democracy as the next step. Oftentimes after a revolution has taken place things are sun unorganized that the country falls into the hands of another oppressive leader. However, this could be argued for violent protests as well.
Advantages of Violent Protests
-Glory: Many see violence as a way of protest as a glorious way to take back one's country.
-Stand your Ground: Many use violent protests as a way to enforce safety, maintain territory and enforce stability.
-Thomas Hobbes: described violence as "a rational means to achieve such political goals as territory, safety, and glory."
-Faster paced: Resolutions often end quicker with violence
Disadvantages of Violent Protests
-Disorganized: Protest groups often lose control of their followers which can lead to destruction of property, fires and even death.
-Destruction: 27% of Syria's housing infrastructure has been destroyed.
-Death: 250 protesters killed in Yemen, 3,500 killed in Syria, 100 in Bahrain.
Peaceful Protests During the Iranian Revolution
-The Iranian Revolution that took down Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s dictatorial regime is a perfect example of a nonviolent mass movement that included more than 2 million Iranians.