When is political violence justified?

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When violence is committed, it is often because the impulse for it has bubbled to the top as other options have been closed off or have been rejected.   The closing off or rejection of other options need not be clearly associated with the crisis at hand,  so in the context of the crisis, the violence seems like the first impulse because it is the only viable impulse available.

This.

"Violence is the last resort of fools. BUT it is sometimes the first resort of a reasonable mind."

Zebras make a good case for "black and white". Others realize there's a lot of ground between the poles.