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i don’t condone violence, officer.
Nice try, fed
what are you, a cop?
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 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.
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.
No.
In the extreme case when nothing else is left.
When nothing else is left, use violence against the right
Sort of. Be a decent person and treat others with decency. If something indecent is about to happen or happening to you or others, do your best to stop it or seek justice, by appropriate means for the situation. Don’t kill someone who threw water at you or kicked your truck.
Some define violence as a strongly worded email. Handling personal disputes with physical or verbal agression is a no no. Peaceful protest are a yes. Be like Ghandi, MLK, Rosa Parks and others. Don’t be the same as the so called MAGA and proud boys in the US, or the UKIP / Farage twats in the UK. Just my personal view.
