• BaroqueInMind@piefed.social
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    15 days ago

    The difference between the two using the following anecdote explains why I hate what you said: if you ask me politely to go fuck myself, I might or might not comply; if you put a gun to my head and do the same thing, I have no choice but to comply. My point is that violence, including the threat to commit it, works more often than not.

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      15 days ago

      My point is that violence, including the threat to commit it, works more often than not.

      If your thinking is very short term. Long term it starts a cycle of increasing violence in which everyone loses.