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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

It's not the answer, it's the question. The answer is "yes"

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

A rich jackass with no actual government position took the podium at the presidential inauguration, did the nazi salute, and wasn't promptly shot or arrested. That says a lot about the state of this country.

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 5 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, he did a nazi salute, not admitted to being a communist. Being a nazi has never not been accepted and normal in America.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 58 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I'm like 99% sure that "Violence is never the answer" is just yet ever more rich fuck propaganda.

[–] paperemail@links.rocks 48 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (4 children)

It’s also very Liberal propaganda.

Martin Luther King Jr. protested and he won so peaceful protest works!

While of course barely mentioning the Black Panthers and how MLK was suddenly a reasonable alternative to their violent resistance.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The only reason MLK didn't do more was because what they were already doing was illegal, and anything more could get them jail time. And this is still what they thought of him and his "peaceful" protests:

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

They did the same shit when they pretended that BLM burned down cities. We really don't learn even from our recent history, huh?

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 hours ago

And his "peace" was met with an extreme act of violence. Certainly was an answer for someone(s).

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Exactly this. The "carrot and stick" strategy doesn't work without the stick. Every time a nonviolent movement achieves something, it's because they were seen as the preferable alternative to a more militant contemporary.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I thought it was just something we taught children

Violence is the answer when less universal languages stop being an option

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago

No dwarf is shitty fam, gotta love yourself. Rock and stone <3