The Chicago Seven were martyrs in their own rights as US Citizens. They were opposing policy and they accused of using their right to speak on. It's unfortunate how you are asked to be quiet or don't be a whistleblower when you have information to share with masses of people but, it has the potential to do more harm than good for the people that you are "fighting" for.
During this time, The Black Pathers were doing the same exact thing by opposing a problem in America that involved the "people." To be accused of picketting/riotting for a cause is disrespectful to those who are standing in the gap for those who choose not to do anything about it.
To a degree, this group caused political conventions to "step up" their game for candidates to speak on issues and they might have opposed. I could only imagine the impact behind the coverage of this headline story. The downside of understanding the question whether they were martyrs or not. Again, the Chicago Seven seem to be martyrs by their actions to communicate what needed to answered pertaining to the stigmas that developed from this occurance.
The only major question to ask is: "Would the outcome be any diifferent if the Chicago 7 were of a different race (i.e., African-American, Native American, Hispanic, etc.,)?
Again, thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts.
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