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OhioBack2Blue

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4. This is the problem with dichotomies....
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 08:52 PM
Apr 29

they are false, oversimplified, deny alternatives, and foster the creation of a structural vacuum.

We are trapped in the dichotomy of non-violence and violence right now, a false choice that happily buries crucial CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. One could never compare the cosplay rallies of today with the real acts of civil disobedience going all the way back to the dumping of tea in the Boston harbor.

People are suffering under this regime. Counting Covid, thousands upon thousands have already died, here in America and around the world. Thousands of real people have been fired from their jobs, had cancer trials cancelled, been unlawfully separated from their families, murdered, are drowning in educational debt, unemployed, homeless, food insecure, losing their constitutional rights, unable to find lawyers, going without medical treatment and much more.

The rallies being held today are unserious and can not in any way be compared to real-time civil disobedience.

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE is NOT VIOLENCE!

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