We risk sustained subjugation and further injury when we try to delegitimize all forms of violence, because Power and its tools of violence do not abdicate to ideas alone.
Once again:
"Violence is not the answer" is some colonialist bullshit.
September 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We risk sustained subjugation and further injury when we try to delegitimize all forms of violence, because Power and its tools of violence do not abdicate to ideas alone.
Once again:
"Violence is not the answer" is some colonialist bullshit.
Motivations aside, this person is not a hero for anyone, but we also shouldn't jump to delegitimize one act of violence while also legitimizing others. (Cont.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Motivations aside, this person is not a hero for anyone, but we also shouldn't jump to delegitimize one act of violence while also legitimizing others. (Cont.)
The problem is: those with power, and most guilty of using violence to subjugate others or maintain their power, are the ones that attempt to monopolize that legitimacy. (Cont.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The problem is: those with power, and most guilty of using violence to subjugate others or maintain their power, are the ones that attempt to monopolize that legitimacy. (Cont.)
Whether it is our founding fathers in the 18th Century, John Brown in the 19th Century, or those of us now suffering the injury of our current system, violence is historically seen as a legitimate and oftentimes only effective path of redress. (Cont.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Whether it is our founding fathers in the 18th Century, John Brown in the 19th Century, or those of us now suffering the injury of our current system, violence is historically seen as a legitimate and oftentimes only effective path of redress. (Cont.)
Violence should be the last resort of handling disagreements. However, I believe that violence is a legitimate response to physical or systemic violence. It is an act of self-defense, & it is a perpetuation of systemic violence to say violence is not a legitimate response to systemic violence(Cont.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Violence should be the last resort of handling disagreements. However, I believe that violence is a legitimate response to physical or systemic violence. It is an act of self-defense, & it is a perpetuation of systemic violence to say violence is not a legitimate response to systemic violence(Cont.)
Therefore, I do not support political violence or assassinations of people based on their ideas or identities. To support such violence welcomes violence upon us all. (Cont.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Therefore, I do not support political violence or assassinations of people based on their ideas or identities. To support such violence welcomes violence upon us all. (Cont.)
They are not serious. It is a performative act to delegitimize acts of violence by those trying to end the violence perpetuated against them by the powerful.
"VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER" IS SOME COLONIALIST BULLSHIT
(5/5)
September 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
They are not serious. It is a performative act to delegitimize acts of violence by those trying to end the violence perpetuated against them by the powerful.
"VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER" IS SOME COLONIALIST BULLSHIT
There is a paradox of tolerance. We must be intolerant of intolerance, and denouncing violence against violent, intolerant fascists is in itself an act of violence that suppresses the truth of other acts of systemic violence deemed legitimate by the State and the mainstream media. (4/5)
September 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There is a paradox of tolerance. We must be intolerant of intolerance, and denouncing violence against violent, intolerant fascists is in itself an act of violence that suppresses the truth of other acts of systemic violence deemed legitimate by the State and the mainstream media. (4/5)
Are revolutions not violent protests--revolutions to overthrow oppressive monarchies, like the one that established the system of government, system of capitalist oppression, and system of violence, in America, that so many people champion? (2/5)
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Are revolutions not violent protests--revolutions to overthrow oppressive monarchies, like the one that established the system of government, system of capitalist oppression, and system of violence, in America, that so many people champion? (2/5)