Is violence the best way to protest?

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[...] This is where the mediatic coverage of the violent events is crucial to be understood by the crowd. The death of Bobby and nine other prisoners resulted in a surge of violence from Provisional IRA, and attracted both international praise and criticism. This example shows at the same time how violence can serve and aversively affect a cause. Furthermore, violence may be subject to miscommunication. Often, the real cause for violence is diverted by a larger organisation aiming to take the profit out of the events. [...]

[...] Is violence the best way to protest? The present paper critically examines to which extent violence is an efficient way to protest, if the best. First, we will address the stand that violence is a useful and efficient way to further a cause (I.). Then, we will analyse how on the opposite violence can harm a cause if used by its opponents and detractors (II.). Violence, an effective way to combat for a cause Violence, even if criticized, can help to further a cause. [...]

[...] Such violent event may be due to a mental health motive. Nonetheless, an international terrorist group could as well pretend being the mastermind. Conclusion To conclude, one can wonder whether motivated reasoning rooted in partisanship affects the escalation of violence. In our sense, the major risk of violence when used to protest is the diversion of attacks to serve underlying motives other than the proclaimed clause. Notably, zealous protesters ca, use violence (killing, terrorism attacks) for exculpatory or condemnatory motive, far from the initial defended cause. [...]