I beat my dick into submission daily.
Some define violence as a strongly worded email. Handling personal disputes with physical or verbal agression is a no no. Peaceful protest are a yes. Be like Ghandi, MLK, Rosa Parks and others. Don’t be the same as the so called MAGA and proud boys in the US, or the UKIP / Farage twats in the UK. Just my personal view.
I’m opposed to violence, however I define it differently to how the state does. One example of violence that wouldn’t be considered by the state to be violence is calling the cops.
Violence is a hierarchy and as soon as you understand that, the more you understand it as a meaningless term.
I think that violence can be adequately defined as “the instigation of aggression/harm against peaceful beings.” Hierarchy is not strictly required for this.
That assumes that it is a neutral act and an act based souly on who hit first. It leads to some serious moral consequences to work based on the schoolyard politics of, “But miiiissss, he hit me first”
I condemn the opressor and agressor violence only
No.
the law requires I say no
In the extreme case when nothing else is left.
When nothing else is left, use violence against the right
Only against the ruling class.
The only war is class war
Self defense can apply to systems. Insurance for example. From what I understand United Health Care did change some policies because of Luigi.
I try to avoid it myself, but that’s not always possible. How could I hold others to a higher standard than I hold myself?
What I cannot condone is lethal force by the state. I discourage it from individuals as well.
Never start a fight, but always finish it.
Depends on the application. It’s a tool that has necessary use cases, but just like you don’t need a sledgehammer for a nail, you can certainly make things worse by using it, or slip into excess. I support the right of the oppressed to use violence to liberate themselves, and the right of those to use violence to free the oppressed.
Nice try FBI
Right… This sort of thread is how we make it on boomer teevee with headline
Decentralized social media is a hot bed of extremism targeting hard working people like UnitedHealth CEO
