riot Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/riot/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:52:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 “A Child Shall Lead Them” https://smthingscount.com/2018/03/14/a-child-shall-lead-them/ Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:59:58 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6743 I’m posting this at exactly 10:00 my local time in solidarity with all those participating in the National Student Walkout.  Whether or not we’re for

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]]> Woman, Light a Fire! https://smthingscount.com/2017/01/23/woman-light-a-fire/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:40:47 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5546 Violence! Fighting! Rock-throwing! Vandalism! Fires!  These are common events at marches and protests.  There were 470,000 or so people in the Women’s March in DC

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]]> Traditional Ash Wednesday Riot https://smthingscount.com/2015/02/18/traditional-ash-wednesday-riot/ Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:36:11 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3520 A sanctioned riot on Ash Wednesday?  For most Western Christians, today is the day that kicks off a season of penance and atonement, reflecting Christ’s

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]]> Manipulating Guilt and Innocence https://smthingscount.com/2014/12/01/manipulating-guilt-and-innocence/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:02:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3315 Think about who you would believe.  First, there’s a person whose TV and newspaper pictures show in various scenes: in a graduation gown, with earphones

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]]> Fight Injustice with a Bottle https://smthingscount.com/2014/08/12/fight-injustice-with-a-bottle/ Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:04:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3005 The cops did it again!  They shot an unarmed kid in MO!  They claim it was self-defense, citing the supposed fact (for sure, all the

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