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When is political violence justified?
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RE: When is political violence justified?
(September 1, 2023 at 12:08 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: Do you think violence against innocent parties (terrorism) is ever justified to obtain political goals?

Or do you stop short, and only think assassination of, or violence towards, direct political targets is justifiable?

I don't think acts of terrorism that are intended to kill innocent people is ever justified.

Violence towards specific political targets, I think, is much more easily justified. Frankly, any political ideology that propagates genocide needs to be dealt with swiftly. Fuck the whole "we have tolerate everyone even the intolerant" nonsense, a Nazi needs a bullet in the head ASAP before the ideology spreads too far.  

Of course, things get complicated when you have American conservatives who believe that mask mandates are a form of Nazi punishment, or American liberals who believe Trump is a fascist on par with Hitler. Such severe misunderstandings make it more difficult to see when political violence is justified.
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When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 1, 2023 at 11:54 am
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Silver - September 1, 2023 at 12:04 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 1, 2023 at 12:08 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Aegon - September 1, 2023 at 1:51 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by ShinyCrystals - September 6, 2023 at 1:18 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Silver - September 1, 2023 at 12:15 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by The Grand Nudger - September 1, 2023 at 12:40 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2023 at 1:43 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 1, 2023 at 12:47 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2023 at 1:41 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by The Valkyrie - September 1, 2023 at 8:01 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 1, 2023 at 8:19 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Silver - September 1, 2023 at 12:48 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 1, 2023 at 12:56 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2023 at 1:40 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 1, 2023 at 2:36 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2023 at 3:30 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 1, 2023 at 5:47 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2023 at 7:59 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 1, 2023 at 8:00 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2023 at 8:05 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Angrboda - September 1, 2023 at 8:50 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by no one - September 6, 2023 at 6:43 am
RE: When is political violence justified? - by paulpablo - September 6, 2023 at 11:55 am
RE: When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 6, 2023 at 12:15 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by The Valkyrie - September 6, 2023 at 12:34 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 6, 2023 at 1:31 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by ShinyCrystals - September 6, 2023 at 1:46 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 6, 2023 at 1:48 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by ShinyCrystals - September 6, 2023 at 1:50 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 6, 2023 at 2:00 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 6, 2023 at 7:13 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 6, 2023 at 2:07 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2023 at 7:10 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by ShinyCrystals - September 6, 2023 at 7:56 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 6, 2023 at 8:18 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 6, 2023 at 8:28 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 7, 2023 at 5:09 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 6, 2023 at 9:03 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2023 at 12:03 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 7, 2023 at 5:41 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2023 at 8:20 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 7, 2023 at 12:32 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by FrustratedFool - September 7, 2023 at 12:32 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by tackattack - September 7, 2023 at 4:25 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Angrboda - September 7, 2023 at 4:38 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 7, 2023 at 9:51 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 7, 2023 at 10:44 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Anomalocaris - September 7, 2023 at 10:57 pm
RE: When is political violence justified? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 8, 2023 at 7:38 am

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