Comment on fighting evil by moonlight
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A diversity of tactics is worthwhile, but indiscriminate violence or even insufficiently targeted violence is fucking stupid. The state will demonize us, but that’s an opportunity to be openly and visibly in the right and to reduce trust in state narratives
bearboiblake@pawb.social 2 days ago
Absolutely right, violence by itself solves nothing and only creates more problems, but a completely non-violent movement is also doomed to failure because they will be violently repressed and victimized by the establishment if they show any sign of succeeding.
A successful movement must contain elements willing to escalate and threaten violence, and also elements who disavow that same violence and seek a peaceful resolution. We’ve seen this time and time again throughout history, but a few recent examples which would be familiar to most are the LGBTQ+ liberation movements which turned the tides with the Stonewall riots, and the civil rights movement, which had a whole spectrum of activists - MLK, the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X.