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drake@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days agoDon’t get me wrong here, I’m totally with you, I’m opposed to violence just as you are. I just extend my opposition to violence a bit further, including violence inflicted by states. I don’t want you to change your opposition to violence, I think that’s great. I’m just asking you to consider whether your exemptions given to states engaging in military conflicts is actually justified
GrymEdm@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I sincerely apologize then - even if I didn’t resort to insults, please forgive my undeniably hostile tone. I’ve been under a lot of fire in this thread for opposing vigilantes, and I mistook your position for one of theirs. I may be mistaken again, but you sound like a pacifist. That is a stance I can empathize with and respect, if not honestly espouse myself. I think sometimes violence is sometimes a necessary final resort. I believe in trying to reduce harm in those instances by constraining the violence as described above.