What Is The History of American Civil Unrest Since The 1960s?

[toobfreak]

Since the 1960s, here is a quick rundown of the major acts of civil unrest in this country:

• 1963 - JFK assassinated
• 1965 - Selma marches
• 1965 - Watts riots
• 1968 - RFK assassination
• 1970 - Kent State riots/shootings
• 1971 - Attica prison riots
• 1972 - George Wallace assassination attempt
• 1973 - Wounded Knee
• 1975 - Gerald Ford two assassination attempts
• 1981 - Reagan assassination attempt
• 1992 - LA riots
• 2011 - Occupy Wall Street
• 2014 - Ferguson riots
• 2015 - Baltimore riots
• 2020 - George Floyd/BLM riots
• 2020 - CHAZ/CHOP seizure
• 2021 - January 6 Capitol riot
• 2024 - DJT Assassination attempt

Feel free to add any you think should have been included and why. Does anyone see a pattern here? Other than possibly the RFK assassination, the Wallace attempt, and the J6 protest turned riot at the capitol, all these others appear driven by fanatical leftwing nutball ideology aimed at radical social change (not that social change is not sometimes a desirable thing but it is the /methods/ at question here), and in defense of the J6 riot at the capitol, that appears to have been driven mainly by a nationwide discontent in how the 2020 election was held, then shoved down everyone's throats and no one was allowed to even question it much less get answers, so really was an act of Americans seeking discourse and expressing grievance with their government, not so much with the outcome as much as with HOW the election was handled.

In almost EVERY OTHER CASE other than those three (and countless others too numerous to list here, it would seem that nearly all political violence in this country in the modern era at least has really come from the Left, the very people lecturing us on democracy, diversity, tolerance, equity and inclusion. Am I missing something here?

List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-leaders-who-were-killed-or-survived-assassination-attempts-2024-07-14/

 

[White 6]

Since the 1960s, here is a quick rundown of the major acts of civil unrest in this country:

• 1963 - JFK assassinated
• 1965 - Selma marches
• 1965 - Watts riots
• 1968 - RFK assassination
• 1970 - Kent State riots/shootings
• 1971 - Attica prison riots
• 1973 - Wounded Knee
• 1975 - Gerald Ford two assassination attempts
• 1981 - Reagan assassination attempt
• 1982 - George Wallace assassination attempt
• 1992 - LA riots
• 2011 - Occupy Wall Street
• 2014 - Ferguson riots
• 2015 - Baltimore riots
• 2020 - George Floyd/BLM riots
• 2020 - CHAZ/CHOP seizure
• 2021 - January 6 Capitol riot
• 2024 - DJT Assassination attempt

Feel free to add any you think should have been included and why. Does anyone see a pattern here? Other than possibly the RFK assassination, the Wallace attempt, and the J6 protest turned riot at the capitol, all these others appear driven by fanatical leftwing nutball ideology aimed at radical social change (not that social change is not sometimes a desirable thing but it is the /methods/ at question here), and in defense of the J6 riot at the capitol, that appears to have been driven mainly by a nationwide discontent in how the 2020 election was held, then shoved down everyone's throats and no one was allowed to even question it much less get answers, so really was an act of Americans seeking discourse and expressing grievance with their government, not so much with the outcome as much as with HOW the election was handled.

In almost EVERY OTHER CASE other than those three (and countless others too numerous to list here, it would seem that nearly all political violence in this country in the modern era at least has really come from the Left, the very people lecturing us on democracy, diversity, tolerance, equity and inclusion. Am I missing something here?

List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-leaders-who-were-killed-or-survived-assassination-attempts-2024-07-14/

1968 police riot against anti-war protesters during the Dem National Convention

 

[d0gbreath]

1968 MLK assassination.

 

[rightwinger]

I don’t see a correlation between the assasinations and civil unrest

Other than MLK assassination which triggered violence, the others seem unrelated

Vietnam protests triggered Kent State, not the other way around

 

[rightwinger]

Civil unrest is triggered by civil abuse

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Since the 1960s, here is a quick rundown of the major acts of civil unrest in this country:

• 1963 - JFK assassinated
• 1965 - Selma marches
• 1965 - Watts riots
• 1968 - RFK assassination
• 1970 - Kent State riots/shootings
• 1971 - Attica prison riots
• 1973 - Wounded Knee
• 1975 - Gerald Ford two assassination attempts
• 1981 - Reagan assassination attempt
• 1982 - George Wallace assassination attempt
• 1992 - LA riots
• 2011 - Occupy Wall Street
• 2014 - Ferguson riots
• 2015 - Baltimore riots
• 2020 - George Floyd/BLM riots
• 2020 - CHAZ/CHOP seizure
• 2021 - January 6 Capitol riot
• 2024 - DJT Assassination attempt

Feel free to add any you think should have been included and why. Does anyone see a pattern here? Other than possibly the RFK assassination, the Wallace attempt, and the J6 protest turned riot at the capitol, all these others appear driven by fanatical leftwing nutball ideology aimed at radical social change (not that social change is not sometimes a desirable thing but it is the /methods/ at question here), and in defense of the J6 riot at the capitol, that appears to have been driven mainly by a nationwide discontent in how the 2020 election was held, then shoved down everyone's throats and no one was allowed to even question it much less get answers, so really was an act of Americans seeking discourse and expressing grievance with their government, not so much with the outcome as much as with HOW the election was handled.

In almost EVERY OTHER CASE other than those three (and countless others too numerous to list here, it would seem that nearly all political violence in this country in the modern era at least has really come from the Left, the very people lecturing us on democracy, diversity, tolerance, equity and inclusion. Am I missing something here?

List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-leaders-who-were-killed-or-survived-assassination-attempts-2024-07-14/

• 1982 - George Wallace assassination attempt

1972, not 1982

 

[toobfreak]

1968 MLK assassination.

Good catch, though technically, not a /political/ (elected office) assassination.

 

[toobfreak]

1982 - George Wallace assassination attempt
1972, not 1982

Thanks! I kept looking at that date myself thinking how could it be right! Must have been a typo in the article.

I fixed it.

 

[d0gbreath]

Good catch, though technically, not a /political/ (elected office) assassination.

Neither was Wounded Knee; from your list.

 

[toobfreak]

Neither was Wounded Knee; from your list.

Wounded Knee was a riot/civil protest. Individuals on my list were taken from the attached article in my OP on political (office) leaders. MLK never ran for office, he was just a civil rights leader. But I agree, he should have been included in the first list on incidents on civil unrest. Had it occurred to me at the time, I WOULD have included him.