The problem here is that you are positioning this as if what we are dealing with today is the same as what those people dealt with in their day, and it is not.
Me: “People have, in the past, acquired rights by moral persuasion, even though violence is also a valid and useful tool in pursuit of the same.”
Speaking of reading, read a little something from one of my favorite authors: “Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist.
Holy fucking shit, have you still not read the fucking title I posted?
It’s almost like violence and persuasion are BOTH tools with applications in fighting oppression, rather than picking one or the other as The One True Faith™? 🤯
Oh wow, you are right, your title does say those things, and I have now seen the light and throw away my means of defending myself in the face of fascism, since we only “sometimes” need weapons to protect ourselves from blatant fascism according to your holy words.
There, I acknowledged your title, now return to your centrism and fence sitting. The adults are working on dealing with actual issues.
Oh wow, you are right, your title does say those things, and I have now seen the light and throw away my means of defending myself in the face of fascism, since we only “sometimes” need weapons to protect ourselves from blatant fascism according to your holy words.
“You sometimes need violence.”
“Clearly you’re telling me to throw away our weapons!”
Christ.
There, I acknowledged your title, now return to your centrism and fence sitting. The adults are working on dealing with actual issues.
Me: “People have, in the past, acquired rights by moral persuasion, even though violence is also a valid and useful tool in pursuit of the same.”
Holy fucking shit, have you still not read the fucking title I posted?
Oh wow, you are right, your title does say those things, and I have now seen the light and throw away my means of defending myself in the face of fascism, since we only “sometimes” need weapons to protect ourselves from blatant fascism according to your holy words.
There, I acknowledged your title, now return to your centrism and fence sitting. The adults are working on dealing with actual issues.
“You sometimes need violence.”
“Clearly you’re telling me to throw away our weapons!”
Christ.
Jesus fucking Christ.