• neeshie@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah. Glad you noticed. Would you say the Viet Cong and the ANC weren’t justified?

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        1 year ago

        I’m not sure what the ANC is, but the Viet Cong were absolutely not justified in their actions. They were part of an attempt to force communism on South Vietnam. In effect, they used force of arms in lieu of democracy to get what they wanted. They committed atrocities and were unjustified in their actions.

        Any group that rejects political and democratic solutions to its problems in favor of violence is unjustified. Violence is a last resort.

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          1 year ago

          Any group that rejects political and democratic solutions to its problems in favor of violence is unjustified.

          Nice, we should have just voted the Nazis out then. Algeria and Vietnam should have just voted out the colonial powers. The ANC should have just voted out South African apartheid. Violence is a last resort sure, and Palestinians (along with those other groups) are at a point where they have to turn to it.