- cross-posted to:
- thebadwebsite
- cross-posted to:
- thebadwebsite
[yellow, a finger up, looking smug]
The answer to oppression is NEVER violence
Turn the other cheek
Pacifism always wins
You could earn rights by asking nicely instead
[yellow, proudly showing us a huge book]
Don’t believe me?
Open a history book!
[yellow, looking frustrated as they are shuffling through the book’s pages]
Ok so…
Uhm…
Not this page…
Wait…
The next one…
Awkward…
Another…
Yeah but…
For sure this time…
[yellow, sweating, protecting their book, a hand raised towards us]
Can you stop looking?
You’re being rude
That’s my book
https://thebad.website/comic/please_resist_responsibly
Now name all instances where the violent overthrow of a repressive system did not result in it being replaced by another one.
The idea that “only violent regimes overthrow violent regimes” proves OP right.
is this where you say none because all governments are inherently repressive (which is true and based)
As soon as you tell me the number of instances where the peaceful overthrow of a repressive system did resulted in it being replaced by another one, but also: Ireland, both times. Also Italy, again both times. Almost as if violence or the lack thereof isn’t actually the deciding factor.
Who said anything about overthrowing the whole system? There are plenty of examples of people who got what they wanted by violence, like the suffragettes or the IRA
Didn’t the IRA want to reunify north-ireland with Ireland? What did they get that they wanted?
I’m sure they would have got that if they just asked nicely instead
I never said that violence isn’t sometimes required. I just think that the IRA is not a good example in this case, since they never achieved anything except a lot of dead innocent people.