A flower in the barrel of a gun does not impede the ability of the gun to fire.

"What most pacifists do not seem to understand is that free speech does not empower us, and it does not equal freedom. ... Free speech is only free as long as it is not a threat and does not come with the possibility of challenging the system. The most freedom of speech I have ever had was in the “Security Housing Unit” (maximum-security solitary confinement) in federal prison. I could yell and shout all I wanted, even cuss at the guards, and unless I thought up a particularly creative way to intentionally enrage them, they would leave me at peace. No matter: the walls were rock solid and my words were hot air."
—Peter Gelderloos, “How Nonviolence Protects The State”

Audio:
Introduction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4kZuY0Y1Fk

Nonviolence is...
-Part 1: Ineffective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSo1PGWojxE

-Part 2, Racist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1YN9535Skk

-Part 3, Statist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzYaXCY3b3c

-Part 4, Patriachical:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-UrmIio94

-Part 5, Tactically and Strategically Inferior:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbNlCfd72a4

-Part 6, Deluded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbujozw-xCg

Conclusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdSKVgebPAw

Full Text:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state

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"How Nonviolence Protects the State" by Peter Gelderloos, Introduction

YouTube

#AmReading #JoyfulMilitancy by Nick Montgomery & carla bergman, which I picked up at the same time and place as the #Gelderloos book I read before, #HowNonviolenceProtectsTheState

So far the best thing I've seen is a reassuring note at the start that this shouldn't be taken as an attempt to smooth & soothe resistance, to tame it & make it more palatable. So ppl who cite this for a #ToneArgument are fucking up.

"We want nothing to do with attempts to regulate resistance."