Most Americans, no matter their political affiliation, do not believe that violence is a solution to domestic political divisions, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.
That doesn't work against a highly organized system of oppression. That wise man never got a seat of power to abdicate itself through reason or begging.
Every step forward has been through violence. It has worked every time. All of our rights came through acts of violence. Asking for them has never, ever , ever worked.
though to be fair, i don't believe war and violence are the same thing. War is an excuse to commit violence, violence is sometimes the result of attempting to gain rights.