An essential ingredient of nonviolent political philosophy is the “alignment of means and end”; the idea that the end is inherent in the means, therefore the struggle is to achieve within ourselves the conditions of peace & ethics we wish to see prevail in the world. #Nonviolence

May 10, 2022 · 9:38 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Then why do you think we, as a country have never changed anything significant without violence and bloodshed? From the DEATH and following riots of MLK to the HAYMARKET RIOTS. Everything we have ever needed had to be ripped from the elites by force
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MLK would disagree with you. His entire life was testament to the power of non-violence. Violence was perpetated against him, to be sure, but the refusal of the civil rights movement to retaliate with violence was why it ultimately succeeded and prevailed.
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Also you use the word PEACE which MLK has said "...the main obstacles of achieving progress thru justice. who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice"
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Protests are in general an alternative to war as a means of political change. Therefore first and foremost protests must have the power to force political change, which means at times flirting with the boundaries of violence, otherwise what's the alternative.
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“Ladies and Gentleman…We must look in the mirror as an American society and realize—We will be violent until we decide to be nonviolent.” Marianne Williamson
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Does #Nonviolence ever become capitulation?
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It's all right to disagree with someone ... but you don't have to hate them ... to disagree!
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Marshall Rosenberg clarified that punitive violence is morally wrong but protective violence is acceptable when used in defense against incoming violence.
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#Abortion is violence against babies.
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We need to be aware of what we do and say ... but most importantly ... we need to be aware of what we think!
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