I didn't think the people going after "CHF" were Antifa at all? I understood them to be student demonstrators. This is the problem. Imagine if we equated every dirtbag who came after one of us with everyone on the right. Seriously.
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Replying to @chrisiousity @Music_Man_Mike and
This is why antifa as it exists is a bad idea and the left has a vested interest in calling them out. We will all get smeared with them.
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Replying to @RealAGluck @chrisiousity and
I'm an anarcho pacifist for pragmatic reasons. That puts me in the minority on the radical left. It's been statistically proven non-violence is superior at overthrowing despotic states. I don't see why opposing fascists would be any difference.
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If you are talking about overthrowing states I can understand why you would think this but actually the goals of violent and nonviolent opposition are conflicting. Violence seeks to either brutalize or scare the enemies security forces into submission, while non-violence seeks...
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Replying to @CSturgis @NoKnownFuture and
...through public pressure the defection of said security forces through shaming them and robbing the state of legitimacy. You can't both harm and win over a person at the same time. They generate different emotions.
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What we are talking about is group-psychology here. Even if a large portion of the security forces, say 1/3rd are true sadists who care nothing about their country, if the other 2/3 defect they will have no other choice. The truth is though many dictatorships have popular support
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According to Chenoweths study, non-violent revolts are twice as effective as their violent counter-parts. This would probably be greater in the states as their military power is so vast.
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