Commentary Notes On Peaceful Protest

Commentary Notes on Peaceful Protest… In the spirit of peace, Patrick Henry once cried: “Give me liberty or give me death!” In the spirit of peace, he was eventually granted his request. how true it is---wonders never seem to cease. Where there’s peace, there’s no need for protest; there’s no instant in this country’s history where it has peacefully gone into war; rather, consistently waging war in the name of peace. It is said that history can’t be changed—repeated maybe; emphatically teaching its lessons: “Give me liberty or give me death!” So be it! “No justice, no peace!” So be it! So has it been in the history of protest: peaceful protest by the oppressed has always been responded to with peaceful violence by the oppressors. Nowhere in history— has protestation between the oppressed and the oppressor—ever ended peacefully. Today, when the angered oppressed come face to face with combat ready oppressors, peaceful protest ceases to be a viable strategy—least we too, desire the fate of Patrick Henry.