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In reply to the discussion: Non-violent tactics and moral high-ground [View all]Orrex
(63,757 posts)I'm saying that your belief in absolute pacifism is inconsistent both with King's philosophy and with practical reality.
I think that there is no way to misread Gandhi's statement that the Jews should have killed themselves en masse.
Nationally, we obviously outnumber Nazis, though numbers obviously aren't the whole story. They hold the Whitehouse, and thereby they have direct access to much more power and influence than they should.
Even so, the national numbers do not negate the reality of local numbers. What happens when 500 heavily armed and armored Nazis show up against 100 unarmed protesters? Do the protesters wait nonviolently for the nonviolent viewers at home to retweet the video?
I accept that you won't be arguing the point further, but I submit that you haven't yet made a convincing case for the moral or practical superiority of nonviolence.