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Re:Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by calcifer on Friday April 10, 2026 @06:39PM (#47724601)
> In contrast, the American Revolution was founded on principles of freedom and law [...] did not embrace violence as desireable

That's pretty rich, since the United States only exists thanks to systemic, deliberate violence on a mass scale against the local population.

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Re:Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by bdangubic on Friday April 10, 2026 @06:40PM (#47724615)
and has continued to this day with violence against non-local populations around the world
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Re:Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by Rury on Saturday April 11, 2026 @08:04AM (#47729847)
That's because that statement is marginal. The founding father's were very keen to the arguments given by political theorists of their time, such as Locke. It's a large reason why the 1st and 2nd amendment are the two first amendments. They believed the rights to speech and violence are foundational to protecting our natural liberties from succumbing to tyranny.
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