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BeneteauBum

(212 posts) Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:16 PM Sep 10

Following today's highplainsdem post.

I couldn’t embrace any DUers who advocate violence. Call me what you want, chide my peaceful outlook, but violence is not a solution. In the words of Issac Asimov, ‘violence is the last recourse of the incompetent’. I support that statement whole heartedly.
Peace ☮️

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Following today's highplainsdem post. (Original Post) BeneteauBum Sep 10 OP

HEAR HEAR johnnyfins Sep 10 #1

Or J_William_Ryan Sep 10 #2

Aw shit, I got called out for a pacifist post. usonian Sep 10 #3

I don't celebrate the way he died...... lastlib Sep 10 #4

Could you explain the backstory of what you are referring to? Justice Brandeis Sep 10 #5

Highplainsdem posted at 1739 today BeneteauBum Sep 10 #10

It's hard not to notice the karma. Nixie Sep 10 #6

History calls that nonsense. Jirel Sep 10 #7

I beg to disagree.... BeneteauBum Sep 10 #12

w/o malcolm, no 1 wd have listened to martin. mopinko Sep 10 #13

I haven't seen any posts here advocating violence. intheflow Sep 10 #8

I absolutely do not "advocate" violence... regnaD kciN Sep 10 #9

The only time I considered violence was after Sandy Hook Phentex Sep 10 #11

johnnyfins

(2,916 posts)

1. HEAR HEAR

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:21 PM

Sep 10

J_William_Ryan

(3,005 posts)

2. Or

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:28 PM

Sep 10

just say nothing at all.

usonian

(20,611 posts)

3. Aw shit, I got called out for a pacifist post.

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:29 PM

Sep 10

I'm so angry that I'm going to kill

a six pack.

lastlib

(26,712 posts)

4. I don't celebrate the way he died......

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:33 PM

Sep 10

But i read his obituary with tremendous satisfaction.

Justice Brandeis

(294 posts)

5. Could you explain the backstory of what you are referring to?

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:34 PM

Sep 10

More context please?

BeneteauBum

(212 posts)

10. Highplainsdem posted at 1739 today

Reply to Justice Brandeis (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:44 PM

Sep 10

There were a lot of controversial posts in the discussion, many condoning violence as necessary in today’s political arena. I disagree. Hope this answers your question.
Peace ☮️

Nixie

(17,847 posts)

6. It's hard not to notice the karma.

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:35 PM

Sep 10

Jirel

(2,369 posts)

7. History calls that nonsense.

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:37 PM

Sep 10

WWII and all the people who had to defeat fascism have an important lesson for you. So do those who fought and ended slavery in the US. There are many more such examples.

Violence has been the ONLY answer to state-sponsored violence.

BeneteauBum

(212 posts)

12. I beg to disagree....

Reply to Jirel (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:45 PM

Sep 10

mopinko

(72,974 posts)

13. w/o malcolm, no 1 wd have listened to martin.

Reply to Jirel (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:58 PM

Sep 10

that’s just a fact.

intheflow

(29,727 posts)

8. I haven't seen any posts here advocating violence.

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:38 PM

Sep 10

Rejoicing over karma is not the same as advocating violence.

regnaD kciN

(27,275 posts)

9. I absolutely do not "advocate" violence...

Reply to intheflow (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:44 PM

Sep 10

…but I do recognize the truth in Jesus’s saying, “the one who takes up the sword shall die by the sword.”

Charlie Kirk spent a decade spreading a message of hatred and intolerance. And hatred and intolerance caught up with him today. One can condemn all hatred and intolerance while still recognizing that fact.

Phentex

(16,629 posts)

11. The only time I considered violence was after Sandy Hook

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 07:45 PM

Sep 10

I had my revenge fantasies for a short time. But most people here do not advocate for violence. If they did, there’d be a lot more people dead. January 6th was appalling for most of us because we’re just normal people, not deplorables. It’s very possible to be anti violence and agree that this man should not have been shot while also understanding the irony of his death.

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