Experts say that no matter how righteous, extremist protests are risky: they may turn people against the cause
as some have framed it,” the letter said. “We are literally fighting for our lives. We will not sit still while we are killed and forced into servitude.”
Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis with an expertise in the abortion movement, believes the attacks can be read as an expression of distrust in the government, and a loss of faith in democratic institutions.Photograph: Molly Beck/USA Today Network/Reuters – in quick succession since Trump’s appointments of justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch – have only deepened the public’s impression of partisanship, Ziegler said.
These tactics, however, are not commonly successful, academics say – even if protesters feel their grievances are valid. Take the example of American civil rights protests in the 1950s and 1960s. Ziegler said the same has been true for the anti-abortion movement, whose own violence has rarely been effective.
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