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Chippys_mittens to Ask Lemmy · 3 months ago

When is violence a viable solution?

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When is violence a viable solution?

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  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM
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    When nonviolence will result in more suffering

    • Chippys_mittensOP
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      Absolutely

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」@sh.itjust.works
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    “When peaceful revolution becomes impossible, violent revolution becomes inevitable”

    -US President John F. Kennedy

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      Phenomenal quote

  • Luminous5481 "Murder All Zionists" [they/them]@anarchist.nexus
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    when it’s the last resort to self defense. at that point, it’s not only the only viable solution, but the morally obligated one.

    • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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      Don’t start fights, but finish them.

      • Chippys_mittensOP
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        Walk softly and carry a big stick.

  • shittydwarf@piefed.social
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    When nazis

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      (Because fuck imgur)

      • shittydwarf@piefed.social
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        It literally never gets old

        • bitjunkie
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          I’m on at least 16-17 loops

          • Pope-King Joe
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            It’s just so… Deeply satisfying.

    • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Or any kind of anti-democratic authoterian forces

    • thesohoriots
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      Direct action can be surprisingly effective.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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    When you’re being attacked and can’t escape or someone else is who can’t defend themselves.

    • Chippys_mittensOP
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      Agreed

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    It’s quite often a viable solution. It’s rarely an ethical one.

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      Thats the trouble with it lol

  • MushuChupacabra@piefed.world
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    morally and ethically, it is viable when failing to be violent results in harm to you and yours.

    From an amoral and pragmatic perspective, when it gets you what you want or need, and the benefit exceeds the negative consequences.

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    When people who won’t listen to reason are using violence to silence or exterminate others, violence should be used to eliminate them instead.

    • Chippys_mittensOP
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      Reasonable

  • zxqwas
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    Viable almost all the time. It’s rarely ethical and usually not very effective so it should not be your first resort, and probably not second either.

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      Fair

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  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    When it’s the only solution

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    When justice fade away

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    As a response to violence or a legitimate threat of future violence. Someone running away indicates they are not a threat of future violence unless they are giving obvious signs or verbalizing that they intend further violence.

    Being a nazi or other hate group that actively promotes initiating violence counts as a legitimate threat of future violence even if they wrap it up in false propaganda that implies they are in danger. Groups that plan on responding to violence with violence as a defensive measure do not.

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      false propaganda that implies they are in danger.

      Let’s give the people what they want

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    deleted by creator

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      Yeah?

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