tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post3640875705397088874..comments2024-03-29T04:05:35.407-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #285 / "Passive Resistance" Is Not Where It's AtGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-35781186344406103252015-10-12T10:59:15.364-07:002015-10-12T10:59:15.364-07:00I disagree that that we must organize ourselves on...I disagree that that we must organize ourselves on the basis that we will be willing to die for the truth. <br /><br />We must organize ourselves on the basis that we will not cooperate with oppressive systems. To "die for the truth" is as violent as to kill for the truth, two sides of the same coin. To offer ourselves to be killed is to condone and legitimize the violence of our oppressors.<br /><br />We must withdraw our support from oppressive systems, turn our backs on all that supports oppression and work to build alternatives.<br /><br />Confrontation invites and legitimizes violence. When oppression becomes life threatening, we must melt away to reform at other times and other places, never providing a stationary target, persistent in nonviolence and non-cooperation.<br /><br />Thus the oppressors can gain no traction against against those who do not stand still for oppression. Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-5411026891562870802015-10-12T10:52:37.413-07:002015-10-12T10:52:37.413-07:00Actually, according to the dictionary, a call for ...Actually, according to the dictionary, a call for militant resistance does equate to a call for violence. That's how words work, Gary. I much prefer MLK's nonviolence approach over your "militant resistance".@PhysicsPolicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664172982768472896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-15054217202901184572015-10-12T10:51:32.043-07:002015-10-12T10:51:32.043-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.@PhysicsPolicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664172982768472896noreply@blogger.com