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Claire · 15 answers · 3y

In what circumstances is violence the answer?

The obvious one is self-defense or defending someone [especially loved ones, friends, ...] that's deliberately being hurt by someone ...

When doing so is less bad than not doing so, and also there are no superior and feasible alternatives.

Oppressors never concede willingly, justice must be taken and if it's by force then so be it - what you see in the US in particular right now is a government with ZERO fear of the working class and poor taking direct action against them, they fucking pissed themselves about those thousands of Trump boneheads that showed up in January, imagine if they were afraid of millions showing up - shit would change overnight

If someone has attacked me physically, I have no choice but to defend myself in the same manner.

When you see a puppy suffocating inside a car in a hot day because their owner left it there while they're doing some purchases. Bitch, take a bat and hit da fucking window to save that angel!!!!

If someone you love is being violently attacked. I don't think extreme violence should ever be the answer, but some violence to get someone to stop something evil is needed.

I’d like to say never, but there are some people in this world like chomos who I have a hard time allowing them to keep their knee caps.

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