Synonyms for riots
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1. List of paraphrases for "riots":

   riot, disturbances, uprisings, mutinies, revolts, commotions, upheavals, disorders

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1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

   The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

2. Seth Hurwitz:

   It took decades to come back from those riots.

3. Sergeant Abdirahman:

   I think we need to call this out for what it is: it’s a grift, while there are many good people who associate themselves as BLM activists, the people at the top of the organization couldn’t care less. While the people of Minneapolis, the epicenter of the George Floyd riots, struggle with homelessness, spiking crime, and the nation's largest achievement gap for Black kids, the people sitting at the top of BLM live in multi-million dollar mansions, it’s sickening.

4. Emi Nijiya:

   I think a lot of people think that these riots are not part of our history and that they don't do anything, this was our way of saying yes, this is justified and it is something we should be fighting for. We need to be fighting for change.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.