Nol Malone ☭Jan 10

If you believe nonviolent protest is more effective, then simply advocate for it. The "don't give them an excuse" line is disingenuous victim blaming. They make shit up. We see it every single day, so please stop embarrassing yourself.

"Our behavior doesn’t drive theirs."

Show threadEndicottRoad59Jan 10
@anolandria Nonviolent protest is more effective.
Show threadDressToKILTJan 10

@EndicottAuthor @anolandria how many fascist regimes has nonviolent protest toppled?

Nonviolent protest only ever works when there is a credible threat of actual violence. When those "ceding power" can point to a nonviolent movement as the reason. MLK isn't effective without the specter of Malcom X.

You can't nonviolent your way out of violence.

Show threadPhosphenes

@dresstokilt @EndicottAuthor @anolandria

Non-violence toppled Pinochet, Bolsonaro and Yoon Suk Yeol, off the top of my head. There's a longer list...

Jan 10 at 11:23pmWeb
Show threadDressToKILTJan 10
@Phosphenes @EndicottAuthor @anolandria Bolsonaro and Yoon were ousted by democratic means before they'd had a chance to subvert those institutions and aren't relevant to this conversation. As for Pinochet, there's an entire Wikipedia article called "Armed resistance in Chile (1973-1990)."