I'm sorry I ran out of time and attention to keep replying. I don't fully agree, and I don't think you addressed some of my points particularly well, but you've also made some decent points and I'm happy to leave most of them unchallenged and for any readers to make up their own minds.

I just briefly want to push back on the quote above. "Nonviolent protest" has a particular meaning, and has for a long time. If you change the definition, you're not talking about the same thing any longer.

My claim was that physical violence is usually counterproductive (either to inflict it, or to engage in actions highly likely to provoke it).