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Violence is always a bad option. Sometimes however, it’s the least bad of the bad options. And knowing when that point has been reached is incredibly hard, and often misjudged.
i don’t condone violence, officer.
Nice try FBI
Right… This sort of thread is how we make it on boomer teevee with headline
Decentralized social media is a hot bed of extremism targeting hard working people like UnitedHealth CEO
Nice try, fed
what are you, a cop?
I don’t have an answer to the question but here’s an unrelated set of emojis 🍊🔫
Violence is a tool, like fire. Be careful and thoughtful about when and how to use it, otherwise you can burn yourself and your city.
Definitely.
It’s a violent world. If you think you can magically opt out of that, somehow, you might have lived a massively privileged life (to this point).
That being said, look at all the people in the thread who are afraid to admit possible abstract, hypothetical support for something. On a hard-left instance, of an alt platform, that I’m currently using over Tor. That should be an indicator of how much actual will there is to brave a shooting war. (You didn’t ask if we wanna revolution specifically, but this is .ml so I have to address it)
The practical takeaway of the literal question is much more nuanced and subtle.
No.
I have long believed violence is the language of those who’s voices have been stolen. Take that however you will.
I tell my kids, never start it, but if someone hits you, hit them back hard enough that they won’t want to do it again. I feel like this works all the way up to state level doctrine.
Depends on the application. It’s a tool that has necessary use cases, but just like you don’t need a sledgehammer for a nail, you can certainly make things worse by using it, or slip into excess. I support the right of the oppressed to use violence to liberate themselves, and the right of those to use violence to free the oppressed.
Never start a fight, but always finish it.
