If the right has sometimes equated protest with rioting, the left offers some egregious examples of equating rioting with protest.I know of no instances of peaceful protest being labeled as rioting. If folks want to walk, hold signs, and perhaps chant a bit, without tearing up the neighborhood, throwing rocks and setting cars afire, it is their right.
We've seen entirely too many public figures characterizing violence and destruction as legitimate protest. That is inexcusable malfeasance.
