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Originally Posted by joshgirls
if the mob stays unarmed, & the thugs use guns, the mob will lose, no matter how righteous their cause. they'll all be dead. at some point, this revolt will become an armed conflict between the people & the thugs, or they will lose. its that simple.
Try doing some reading about why the second amendment was written in the first place. you sadly take it for granted.
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Facts don't bare out what you are saying -- armed resistence sometimes works out, sometimes it doesn't! Just go through some simple counter factuals of oppressed communities and see if violence is always the optimal solution.
I think it shows in the long-term non-violence actually allows a much quicker integration into common governance where the rights of minority religious / ethnic/ etc. populations are respected...
Remember why the U.S. is so mad at Cuba, Venezula and other S. American countries? Cause they violently overthrew the U.S. gov't of choice.
Can you imagine if S. Africans allied with communists to overthrow the apartheid regime? How about India? How about E. Germany and the rest of E. Europe? How about the 1960s South -- as opposed to a few riots you had blacks and hippies in the streets popping caps in police?
Further what if the "well armed militia" is bat-shit crazy, actually has suffrage but just lost?