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Blaming the protestors isn't super helpful because it's essentially victim blaming. Protest movements exist, almost by definition, in a constant state of struggle against some established authority. That means that even the fact of *existing* is a victory for the protest. Because a) getting people to sacrifice time to protest is extremely difficult and b)  there are very powerful people doing all they can to kill off the protest. Those are powerful forces and just because they ended up prevailing doesn't mean we have to blame the protest itself; that's watching a heavyweight boxer punch a little kid and saying "well, the kid should have fought better"
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