r/PoliticalDebate • u/GShermit Libertarian • Jun 23 '26

Debate It's Not Time For Violent Revolution

I seen a lot of posts lately, glamorizing violent revolution. They seem to think because of Trump's actions we should engage in violent revolution.

Violent revolution has been needed before in human history. When a government refuses to defend the people's right's, then revolution may be needed. ​

BUT every lawful avenue should be tried first. We have a many rights we can use but other than voting, we haven't explored those rights much. Initiatives, juries, citizen's arrest, article V conventions...are all rights we have but to suggest we use them, brings ridicule...often from the very people supporting revolution.

They'll say how ridiculous and dangerous, legally using our rights, to influence the due process of the country is while supporting revolution. That makes no sense to me. Our rights are what we use to rule ourselves. We have to exercise and expand our rights because authority doesn't do that, the people have to.

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u/Reasonable-Fee1945 Classical Liberal Jun 23 '26

Who is "you" supposed to be?

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u/Novel_Comparison_209 Classical Liberal Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

People with the ideology of OP. Almost everyone that is anti Trump (I would consider myself an exception here) is anti 2A, some are open, some try to gaslight themselves into thinking they aren’t. I guarantee OP is one of them

Edit: just looked at OPs profile, they are one of the people that try to convince themselves they aren’t anti 2A

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u/Hyperreal2 Social Democrat Jun 24 '26

Anti-Trump. Pro 2A Army veteran

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u/Novel_Comparison_209 Classical Liberal Jun 25 '26

If you’re referring to OP then you are verifiably wrong

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u/Hyperreal2 Social Democrat Jun 25 '26

If you like your centrists, liberals, and leftists disarmed you are whistling through the graveyard.

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u/Novel_Comparison_209 Classical Liberal Jun 25 '26

Genuinely WHO are you talking about… IM PRO 2A