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- Nov 07, 2020
Violence Quotes
Naming violence in its many forms.
Two of these lines sit squarely in policy debate, one arguing that background-check rules for private firearm transfers among relatives wouldn't meaningfully reduce harm, another assessing ISIS as a real but non-central strategic threat, in the same territory as Gun quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.
- Firearms
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Barack Obama cried during his announcement of new executive actions designed to curb gun violence in the United States by restricting the access to firearms of those who present a clear danger to themselves or others and improving access to mental health services for those in need.
- Abuse
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fantastic thing about 'Jasper Jones' is that although it's set in 1969, the themes are still so topical. We're still struggling with racism and sexism and domestic violence and abuse.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a functioning liberal democracy, we cannot normalize political violence.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My coverage of Antifa has been critical: not just critical of the hooliganism and the street violence because violence, of course, is easy to condemn. I am critical of the underlying ideology as well.
- Color
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- Nov 07, 2020
At an Antifa event meant to resist 'fascist violence,' I - a gay journalist of color - was beaten so badly that I was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more unnerving than a break.
- Distinguished
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.
- Deplorable
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regardless of how deplorable Trump is, using violence and physical attacks against his supporters is unacceptable and grossly counterproductive.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't take a bruise or a broken bone for a child to be a victim of domestic violence. Kids who witness domestic violence are victims, too.
- Degrading
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything in American public life, when it comes to race relations, serves as a frame for a history of violence and degrading humiliation.
- Hatred
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think loathing begets fanaticism, and in the end, loathing begets hatred and violence.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tackling violence on our streets is a complex problem, and we need not only all parties, but whole communities to come together to tackle it.
- Nov 07, 2020