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Talk about nonviolent direct action in a situation of this kind would sound, to those not acquainted with the discipline, ridiculous. But a carefully (VERY carefully) orchestrated display of it might give pause. The officers and other authority figures habitual channels of thought, their fixed opinions that normally occur in trained sequences, might shudder and waver.. The humanity of the officers, normally detached by their present de facto job descriptions, might--at least momentarily--engage. I think Dr. King got it right. Hatred is violence. Violence mandates counter-violence. A practice of Kingian nonviolence in this situation would require almost superhuman spiritual strength, but humans have done it.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:21:31 +0000

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