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primitivesuavelast Friday at 7:19 PM1 replyview on HN

My point equally applies to everyone who condones violence to achieve some end goal. Jeanette Rankin was vilified for her lone dissenting vote against war, yet decades later she is among the few of her contemporaries to have a statue in the Capitol to honor her dedication to pacifism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin


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kbelderyesterday at 12:56 AM

Something to keep in mind, though, was that she was clearly wrong.

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