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Additional reporting from Bring Me The News. They have removed the following text from their coverage:
Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.
“Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice that I am willing to make.”
Get your quotes right.
You could also have gone with Thomas Jefferson: “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
But, if you wanted to quote about the futility of using violence you could have gone with Gandhi:
“I object to violence because, when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.”
Or Joan Baez:
“Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.”
Or MLK Jr:
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon . . . which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals”
Maybe you’re so gun-brained you think that MLK and Gandhi were wrong, and that they would have achieved better results if they’d shot back. Maybe you’ve never heard of the velvet revolution, or the 1919 Egyptian revolution, or what led to the Berlin Wall coming down.
Of course evidence isn’t enough. The question is what comes after evidence. Is it violence or not? Non-violence clearly motivates people. Only 2 people have been killed and it has resulted in millions of people protesting. Would just as many people be coming out to support Minnesota if the score were 2 ICE agents dead and 2 protesters dead? I don’t think so.
Do you honestly think you can take on the US government including the entire US military with a violent revolution? And, if you did manage to win that violent revolution, would it be worth the cost? If you’re going for the violent win, that’s what you have to aim for. If you go for the non-violent option, the path is instead that more and more people defect to your side and refuse to use violence against non-violent protesters. That has a much better chance of winning IMO.
You say you feel like you’re losing your mind, and you attack someone who suggests maybe you should take a step back. You clearly have fragile mental health. Just unplug for a few days.