•  Recant   ( @Recant@beehaw.org ) 
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    1 month ago

    I will act through engagement.

    When you use escalatory language you just just make the Nazis justify their actions by the response they receive.

    In another tense moment in American history, the Civil rights movement of the 1960s, MLK was successful due to not being militant. Peaceful action and the strong overreaction of those against civil rights elicited sympathy in those not involved.