Progressive Politics

would you rather a sitting US senator call for escalation and violence

Both people are right in a way here.

It's the masses joining non-violent protests that gets shit done. They can't ignore it when it gets big enough. Violence makes it that much harder to hold those safely.

The mainstream media and the right wing propaganda machine will amplify any small amount of violence to try to tarnish the whole movement.

Don't tell anyone to remember their umbrella unless it's absolutely pouring or you'll give into the propaganda that water is falling from the sky.

The right-wing thinks we're giving rioters a pass and, not that we need to satisfy their demands, don't give them a pass. You can denounce setting fires and shooting reporters in the leg in one breath you know.