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(56,582 posts) Sun May 31, 2020, 07:43 AM May 2020

If non-violence were universally effective, the police would be using it right now [View all]

It's a particular tactic that works in particular situations; Gandhi and King were both very clear about that. It is a tactic, not a principle. And it's not effective in every situation.

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If non-violence were universally effective, the police would be using it right now [View all] Recursion May 2020 OP

MLK Jr. called them principles G_j May 2020 #1

He also owned more guns than Malcolm X Recursion May 2020 #2

not sure how to see this then.. G_j May 2020 #4

he wasn't a pacifist bigtree May 2020 #6

Often humans run into threats so great that non-violence alone simply ends up w/ you dead in a ditch Celerity May 2020 #7

Gandhi himself did not beleive in universal non-violence. Celerity May 2020 #3

Yup. And he was awarded for bravery in the Zulu war (nt) Recursion May 2020 #5