Antonyms for riotingri·ot·ing

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1. rioting, riotnoun

   a state of disorder involving group violence

   Synonyms:
   orgy, debauch, bacchanalia, sidesplitter, howler, drunken revelry, scream, public violence, riot, belly laugh, saturnalia, bacchanal, wow, thigh-slapper, debauchery

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1. The Royal Society of Medicine:

   Post election violence was experienced firsthand as neighbor turned on neighbor, communities were destroyed and the media in some cases became the focus of mob rage, the deeply traumatic nature of this exposure to violence is highlighted by the fact that seven years on from the rioting and mayhem, prominent symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety remain.

2. The New York Times:

   While Democrats seized on Mr. Floyd’s death last May to highlight racism in policing and other forms of social injustice, Republicans responded to a summer of protests by proposing a raft of punitive new measures governing the right to lawfully assemble, some, like [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis, are labeling them ‘anti-riot’ bills, conflating the right to peaceful protest with the rioting and looting that sometimes resulted from such protests.

3. Attorney General Bill Barr:

   The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly.

4. 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.

5. Ralph Giannola:

   I just don't want to see any rioting. I mean, protests are OK. I don't want to see anybody get hurt.

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