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LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts) Sun Jul 17, 2016, 01:12 PM Jul 2016

Re: Baton Rouge [View all]

Last edited Sun Jul 17, 2016, 01:51 PM - Edit history (1)

Gandhi knew it. MLK knew it. 99.99% of Black Lives Matter supporters know it now. Fighting brutality by the authorities with violent retribution always backfires.

Participation in a cycle of violence, besides being immoral, is a losing strategy. The "powers that be" will always have more guns than you do. You also don't win allies by killing people who have done nothing wrong just because a few people with similar uniforms acted badly.

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Re: Baton Rouge [View all] LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 OP

Good post mainstreetonce Jul 2016 #1

Let's not turn into the beast we detest Hulk Jul 2016 #33

Exactly!! n/t michaz Jul 2016 #2

I am sorry do you think BLM supports shooting officers? Silver_Witch Jul 2016 #3

See above. LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #4

Obviously not. Read the original post for comprehension. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #6

John Brown's body lies a'mouldering in his grave, but his soul KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #5

John Brown's plot failed Martin Eden Jul 2016 #8

Brown had little to do with Lincoln winning the election but a lot to do with southern secession. Hoppy Jul 2016 #20

Brown's raid apparently prompted several southern states to form, arm and train new KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #24

If Lincoln lost, the South wouldn't have seceded in response to the election. Martin Eden Jul 2016 #41

The 1992 Los Angeles insurrection in response to the brutal beat-down KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #44

I don't think you understood my question Martin Eden Jul 2016 #45

Hiw much do you know or remember about the 1992 LA insurrection? The KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #50

The LADP ran outta my neighborhood so fast you'd think the devil was on their heels bravenak Jul 2016 #52

Enough to know it doesn't support your argument Martin Eden Jul 2016 #54

The LA insurrection defeated soundly the LAPD (the force in question) and KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #55

The authorities were not defeated by force of arms Martin Eden Jul 2016 #56

The LAPD were defeated. That's all that's been at issue, as far as I'm concerned, per your KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #57

"organized mass resistance or even unorganized mass resistance is another matter entirely" Martin Eden Jul 2016 #59

Inferring from your most recent post, you seem to believe the system is capable of reforming KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #60

That depends on how "system" is defined. Martin Eden Jul 2016 #61

Back to John Brown. He and his followers represented the fringe of the fringe at the time. Most KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #62

"And yet history vindicated Brown" Martin Eden Jul 2016 #63

Douglass may have been cool to Brown's entreaties before the raid, not wishing to embark on what he KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #64

John Brown's raid was perhaps one of the last turning points leading to the Civil War . . . brush Jul 2016 #53

Oy. "John Brown's plot failed." Shows a decided ignorance of the KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #22

"John Brown's plot failed" is a fact. Martin Eden Jul 2016 #39

Fixed the typo LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #10

Yup. There are many ways to fight injustice. There's talking, economics, and then there's force. craigmatic Jul 2016 #12

Did I Miss Something mrsv Jul 2016 #7

Nobody said that. LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #9

Oh I see mrsv Jul 2016 #23

That was... LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #46

These are not BLM supporters even if they claim they are.... chowder66 Jul 2016 #11

You can't have it both ways Democat Jul 2016 #13

er, you're equating people asking simply to not be shot to "right wing anger"? Schema Thing Jul 2016 #14

People are not asking not to be shot. They are raging about black men being shot Democat Jul 2016 #17

Right wing radio and personalities foment and call for violence chowder66 Jul 2016 #19

Unstable people sometimes go from rage to violence Democat Jul 2016 #25

That is not my point in response to the OP though I agree. chowder66 Jul 2016 #27

I agree Democat Jul 2016 #28

OH FOR FUCKS SAKE Cosmocat Jul 2016 #38

Strongly disagree GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #21

I too disagree with my own statement regarding religion chowder66 Jul 2016 #29

All good. GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #34

Thx, you too! nt chowder66 Jul 2016 #35

That's a bit of a 'no true scotsman'. n/t X_Digger Jul 2016 #36

I'm not sure if you saw my edit but chowder66 Jul 2016 #37

Not an ambush Johnny2X2X Jul 2016 #15

There was no people shooting at each other. LisaL Jul 2016 #51

The NRA and freepers don't know it. IronLionZion Jul 2016 #16

Right wingers openly talk about their hatred of government Democat Jul 2016 #18

Blows the NRA Mantra HockeyMom Jul 2016 #30

Police Chief and mayor of Dallas came out against good guys with guns IronLionZion Jul 2016 #31

Nonviolence is the best way to go. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #26

You do know Gandhi was racist right? NobodyHere Jul 2016 #32

I believe he was... Deuce Jul 2016 #43

which makes me wonder how much this really is related to BLM yurbud Jul 2016 #40

This thread... Wednesdays Jul 2016 #42

"Fighting brutality by the authorities with violent retribution always backfires." Tell that to the Rex Jul 2016 #47

George Washington... LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #49

Voting and spending are the ways to effect change....NOT violence. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #48

Well stated. NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #58