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    1. 1. Not sure that "die-in" should be seen as immediate kin to "sit-in" of the 1960s, as many recent articles allege: wsj.com/articles/die-ins-of-police-protests-hark-back-to-great-depression-1418409400
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    2. Both forms of protest are usually very "civil" forms of civil disobedience. Die-ins arguably even more so.
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      3. Indeed, die-ins often don't even cross into "disobedience." Unlike anti-Jim-Crow sit-ins, they do not necessarily violate a law.
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        4. But die-ins, for that reason, invite wider participation; sit-ins required a sitter excluded by law from sitting. Anyone can die-in.
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          5. That may be die-in's weakness & strength. Strength, b/c possible for bystanders to show "disruptive empathy." books.google.com/books?id=uwNIbHQzVUUC&lpg=PA384&ots=r7lOR_GnRj&dq=%22disruptive%20empathy%22&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q=%22disruptive%20empathy%22&f=false
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            6. But weakness, because no arrest---historically the core aim of nonviolent direct action---need result.
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