User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/The Fallacy of The White Fang/@comment-50.166.152.163-20140421185727/@comment-4010415-20140421192215

I don't think they care about the public opinion anymore, to be honest. They just want equality, and since they weren't getting that through asking nicely, they tried something else. Since violence works, they just continue to use violence.

Remember, Blake said that there were shops that refused service to faunus. And I'm guessing that faunus labor usually isn't very nice. Plus, in the picture of a protest in episode 1, one of the faunus was holding a sign that said "We are not animals!" Quite honestly, it reminded me of some of the signs African Americans wore during MLK Jr's leadership: "I am a man." They're tired of being treated less than human.