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9. I am reliably informed here at DU that the answer is unequivocally
Yes. In fact, it's not only justifiable, it's practically required, and the more violent the state response, the better. There seems to be some prerequisite to make the target of the violence out to be a very, very bad person, but that can always be tacked on later if there are some namby-pamby types who insist on reading the Constitution and thinking that the quaint language of a bygone era has any application to today.
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  -Is state violence ever a justifiable response to nonviolent civil disobedience? Capitalocracy  Oct-12-11 10:59 AM   #0 
  - No. Next question. n/t  backscatter712   Oct-12-11 11:01 AM   #1 
  - Absolutely not.  Lint Head   Oct-12-11 11:02 AM   #2 
  - Did you put on your flame suit for all the lurking authoritarians? :) - n/t  coalition_unwilling   Oct-12-11 11:02 AM   #3 
  - Can't go to DU without it. nt  Capitalocracy   Oct-12-11 11:05 AM   #4 
  - Depends,  Warpy   Oct-12-11 11:06 AM   #5 
  - Arresting non-violent protestors - regardless of where - does not require a violent response. n/t  Scuba   Oct-12-11 11:12 AM   #12 
     - Not if they cooperate  Warpy   Oct-12-11 11:26 AM   #19 
  - NO  G_j   Oct-12-11 11:06 AM   #6 
  - Not without the state losing its' moral authority to govern the people.  Uncle Joe   Oct-12-11 11:07 AM   #7 
  - Well, "state violence" is usually not a result of the "state" but of the few who control the "state"  KansDem   Oct-12-11 11:07 AM   #8 
  - It is the Agencies of the State that do the violence, its immaterial who their masters are.  ThomWV   Oct-12-11 11:16 AM   #17 
  - Disagree...  KansDem   Oct-12-11 11:32 AM   #22 
  - By definition  tama   Oct-12-11 11:31 AM   #21 
     - "State" is a mode of government...  KansDem   Oct-12-11 11:36 AM   #24 
        - So they lied  tama   Oct-12-11 11:46 AM   #28 
  - I am reliably informed here at DU that the answer is unequivocally  gratuitous   Oct-12-11 11:08 AM   #9 
  - Care to cite a post that supports your position?  Scuba   Oct-12-11 11:13 AM   #14 
     - Check any of the threads in the aftermath of the murder of Anwar al-Awlaki  gratuitous   Oct-12-11 11:28 AM   #20 
        - Well, I agree those guys should have been captured and tried, not just killed, but....  Scuba   Oct-12-11 11:38 AM   #25 
  - Define "violence", then I'll know better. nt  jmg257   Oct-12-11 11:09 AM   #10 
  - NO, it is NOT !  Scuba   Oct-12-11 11:11 AM   #11 
  - No.  City Lights   Oct-12-11 11:12 AM   #13 
  - By "violence" do you mean arrests? Then yes.  lumberjack_jeff   Oct-12-11 11:14 AM   #15 
  - Well, there's arrest and there's arrest.  Capitalocracy   Oct-12-11 02:42 PM   #29 
     - Throw your bodies on the gears.  lumberjack_jeff   Oct-12-11 02:59 PM   #30 
  - Of course not. Non-violence can only appropriately be addressed with more non-violence.  ThomWV   Oct-12-11 11:14 AM   #16 
  - No but it happens. even during the Depressions.  OHdem10   Oct-12-11 11:19 AM   #18 
  - No. It was unjustifiable in Selma  hifiguy   Oct-12-11 11:33 AM   #23 
  - Violence in reponse to peaceful protest of extreme injustice? Never justified  Fire Walk With Me   Oct-12-11 11:40 AM   #26 
  - Justice is blind whore  tama   Oct-12-11 11:42 AM   #27 
 

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