Here’s your friendly reminder that nonviolence still allows for self protection. If someone is performing violence on you or someone you love, being nonviolent doesn’t mean you just sit there and go “it’d be wrong for me to use violence to protect myself/my loved ones”. Fighting back is acceptable.
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Here’s your friendly reminder that nonviolence still allows for self protection. If someone is performing violence on you or someone you love, being nonviolent doesn’t mean you just sit there and go “it’d be wrong for me to use violence to protect myself/my loved ones”. Fighting back is acceptable.
Some privileged people actually think this