shout, loudly

Today, like every day, is an important day for freethinkers to shout, loudly. There is a very unfortunate, yet all too familiar, phenomenon lurking its way onto the political scene. Blind violence. If there is one distinct thing freethinkers are to fight against, it is this. The worst of two worlds unite to create unnecessary dillema and undeserved suffering. Blindness; a sad trademark of those who are unwilling to open their minds to new possibility, despite beneficial ends. Violence; horrific and chaotic action taken without justification. Wars are fought because of such sentiment: false justification of blind violence. When the leader of a nation uses god as an excuse to massacre innocent victims, freethinkers are the people who must shout, loudly.

It is a strange animal, violence. Recently it has come to my attention that more people than I had previously expected condone the use of violence when it is “absolutely necessary.” Gene sharp, a follower of nonviolent activists such as Einstein, Russell, and Gandhi, published 198 methods of nonviolent action, including my personal favorite very effective—method, lysistratic nonaction (women refusing to take part in sexual acts until men yield to their demands). You can find the 198 methods, here.