• Korne127@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Violence is only the answer when violence is already employed and you need to defend yourself. Ukraine is allowed to be violent against the aggressor. Police is allowed to be violent against insurrectionists.

    • Katana314@lemmy.world
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      This ideology becomes an issue when someone is finding ways to attack you that don’t quite constitute violence.

      People need food, water, shelter, sense of belonging in society, etc. Bigots have gotten very good at using whatever means they can to attack each of these without ever physically throwing a punch; defunding someone’s means of living, evicting them, harassing them, etc.

      Ideally, the law, and hence the police (who hold guns) would retaliate on each of these things.

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      But are the people allowed to be violent when the police use excessive force?

      …cuz the cops be doing that a lot

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        But do it in a smart way. A single person using violence against someone stronger than him, is dumb.

        Something like BLM movement is smart.

        Just trying to resist arrest, however angry it may make you, is dumb. Unless of course you’d be sent to gulag. Then do resist.

        You need to use power in a smart way to gain the upper hand.