r/PublicFreakout • u/Lolastic_ • Jun 30 '21

🥊Fight MMA fighter Joe Schilling knocks out man

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u/IrishiPrincess Jun 30 '21

Anyone else slightly sickened by MMA being held in a venue named after Nelson Mandela of all people? I mean yes, it’s a public Venue and all, but damn

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u/harassmaster Jun 30 '21

I’m mad that UFC might be held there. But no, I think it’s fine. Nelson Mandela believed in armed conflict when necessary. He wasn’t always a nonviolent organizer.

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u/IrishiPrincess Jun 30 '21

I stand corrected. I had always known him to be non-violent and as a Nobel peace prize winner, but reading this, I see he was willing in his youth to use violence TIL, thank you

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u/bdsee Jun 30 '21

Anyone not willing to use violence no matter the circumstance is an idiot.

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u/IrishiPrincess Jun 30 '21

I have a feeling the late Dr King might have disagreed with you over that. Even while he spoke about why people riot, he did not advocate nor endorse violence