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RE: Rise of the Lovertarians: A Return to Peaceful Resistance
I've never considered myself an anarchist, or an anything, until coming to this site in the past week. My interests and passions have always been in gaming, math, and science, so all of this is a bit new to me, so apologize for basic questions. But after reading falkvinge yours, and other anarchist framed posts it seems the main tenet is to decrease force based regulation, and while self-defense is always acceptable, there was always an undertone of hatred for aggression. Has that not been the case in real world anarchism? If so, that feels contradictory
Sure. Great question @daut44. I didn't mean to give the impression that I hated aggression per se. I only really dislike INITIATORY aggression. However, I do tend to think since dispersion and peaceful resistance works to thwart evil, that it could be used on a grand scale to help deescalate government violence. On a philosophical level, however, I am not opposed to defensive violence, nor did I intend to argue that.
Thank you for the thoughtful response.