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i dont understand why people want to maintain moralistic concepts when it’s clearly so cumbersome. just say that this is violence and that you’re okay with it. you don’t even have to jump to “justifying” it, since that already assumes violence is inherently or even primarily evil by default.
maybe i just have philosophy autism but its kinda frustrating to see people so committed not advancing their evaluative model of the world. congrats your tribalism led you to cooler moral intuitions, but now its time to update your framework to not be nonsensical (hopefully drop the whole paradigm)
on the other hand, if you’re self-consciously engaging in rhetoric then that’s a political judgement of efficacy (though one i think you’ve made a poor choice with by short-term appealing to dominant values that undermine your long-term goals),
or if you’re drawing attention to the disparity in severity of violence between oppressors and oppressed then that’s chill too, but i don’t think that message was intended or received
this is the closest i’ve seen to a full throated endorsement (that is to say, not at all). baby steps? jk we’re doomed