03-02-2017, 07:43 PM
(03-02-2017, 05:54 PM)Dill Wrote: So far, I haven't decided to "fight words with violence."
Good on you. I think it was clear I was not directly referencing you personally in that statement.
Quote:But there could be something missing from your theory of democratic persuasion.
I don't think that German liberals who couldn't dissuade people from voting Nazi in 1932 had only themselves to blame.
Given that a large percentage of the population voted for a party other than the NSDAP, and their vote count was actually receding by the time Hitler was appointed (not elected people) I'd say you'd be wrong about that.
Quote:And I don't think that black voters of North Carolina had only themselves to blame when the Klan wrested political power from them in 1875.
That's right, which is why the uber-violent Civil Rights Movement under Doctor Martin Luther King had to be formed.
Quote:Much depends on what words people are fighting.
Nope, big time fail here. It is permissible to physically defend yourself against violence. It is not ok, ever, to counter words with violence. This concept isn't that difficult, why do so many of your ilk not seem to get it?
