Themes
A riot is the language of the unheard.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker says that rioting is how people speak when nobody has listened to them. Violent unrest is framed as a form of communication, the last resort of those whose ordinary appeals have been ignored. The remark explains the outburst as a symptom of neglect rather than mere destruction.
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