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Re:YouTube suspends The Hill for playing clip of Trump denyi... by majormajor on Friday March 04, 2022 @08:26PM (#30563028)
The world is sadly more complicated than that. Often people's principles contradict each other, especially when it comes to bad actors. Consider the person with a principle of non-violence who is still willing to fight to defend their family. Are they a hypocrite?
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Re:YouTube suspends The Hill for playing clip of Trump denyi... by airstrike on Friday March 04, 2022 @08:44PM (#30563169)
"Defending" assumes an attacker, which is the one breaking the principle of non-violence. So no, you're not a hypocrite to defend yourself if you believe in non-violence

Said differently, the belief in non-violence can be stated as "I believe in pursuing non-violent means in absolutely every situation except for those in which another actor acts violently toward me"

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Re:YouTube suspends The Hill for playing clip of Trump denyi... by couchand on Friday March 04, 2022 @08:58PM (#30563288)
The GP's point about internal contradiction remains regardless of the contortions you choose to apply to your definition of "non-violence".
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