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JKCalhountoday at 1:40 PM3 repliesview on HN

Sorry, I absolutely abhor violence as a means to an end (and in all cases really).


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ahhhhnooootoday at 3:26 PM

Note the parent said non-peaceful. They did not say violent.

You can have non-violent, non-peaceful protest. (E.g., making a ton of noise at specific places to disrupt their ability to work there isn't peaceful, see also blockading businesses and roads.)

A lot of civil disobedience fits in non-peaceful (not calm, not orderly) and non violent.

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mrguyoramatoday at 6:02 PM

How do you think the USA was made?

Rejecting violence is un-american lol.

iammjmtoday at 1:51 PM

Violence sometimes absolutely is the right response. Let me quote some George Orwell:

"Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side you automatically help that of the other. "

source: https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/pacifism/english/e_pa...

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