• RiverRock@lemmy.ml
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      Because once we see what the primary task of the liberal is, then we can see the necessity of not wasting time with him. His primary role is to stop confrontation. Because the liberal assumes a priori that a confrontation is not going to solve the problem. This, of course, is an incorrect assumption. We know that.

      We need not waste time showing that this assumption of the liberals is clearly ridiculous. I think that history has shown that confrontation in many cases has resolved quite a number of problems — look at the Russian revolution, the Cuban revolution, the Chinese revolution. In many cases, stopping confrontation really means prolonging suffering.

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        17 hours ago

        what’s this from?

        e: This is from the essay “The Pitfalls of Liberalism” (1969), written by Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture).

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      “Gohan… let it go. It is not a sin to fight for the right cause. There are those who words alone will not reach. Cell is such a being. I know how you feel, Gohan. You are gentle, you do not like to hurt. I know because I too have learned these feelings, but it is because you cherish life that you must protect it…”

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      Killing is bad, but if killers refuse all compromises guess we’ll they’ll just have to dodge the weapons ✨