Just to be clear - we are still talking about "nonviolent communication", right? Because a careless reading would interpret this as a call to hit people with sticks solely because we hold their actions to be motivated by incorrect beliefs.

In any case, it's still not true. Unless you have resigned yourself to hitting them with sticks, you're still in the realm of communication and persuasion. You'll always get further with that if you try to understand where they are coming from, which is what "nonviolent communication" is all about.