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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFollowing today's highplainsdem post.
I couldnt embrace any DUers who advocate violence. Call me what you want, chide my peaceful outlook, but violence is not a solution. In the words of Issac Asimov, violence is the last recourse of the incompetent. I support that statement whole heartedly.
Peace ☮️
johnnyfins
(3,991 posts)J_William_Ryan
(3,581 posts)just say nothing at all.
usonian
(26,593 posts)I'm so angry that I'm going to kill
a six pack.
lastlib
(28,618 posts)But i read his obituary with tremendous satisfaction.
Justice Brandeis
(405 posts)More context please?
BeneteauBum
(778 posts)There were a lot of controversial posts in the discussion, many condoning violence as necessary in todays political arena. I disagree. Hope this answers your question.
Peace ☮️
Nixie
(18,111 posts)Jirel
(2,384 posts)WWII and all the people who had to defeat fascism have an important lesson for you. So do those who fought and ended slavery in the US. There are many more such examples.
Violence has been the ONLY answer to state-sponsored violence.
BeneteauBum
(778 posts)mopinko
(73,941 posts)thats just a fact.
intheflow
(30,251 posts)Rejoicing over karma is not the same as advocating violence.
regnaD kciN
(27,703 posts)
but I do recognize the truth in Jesuss saying, the one who takes up the sword shall die by the sword.
Charlie Kirk spent a decade spreading a message of hatred and intolerance. And hatred and intolerance caught up with him today. One can condemn all hatred and intolerance while still recognizing that fact.
Phentex
(16,755 posts)I had my revenge fantasies for a short time. But most people here do not advocate for violence. If they did, thered be a lot more people dead. January 6th was appalling for most of us because were just normal people, not deplorables. Its very possible to be anti violence and agree that this man should not have been shot while also understanding the irony of his death.
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