“Change is possible, and I know, hope is very difficult to hold on to. But hope in this time, is actually, an act of defiance, it's an act of resistance. I refuse to dehumanize those people who dehumanize me. Because, otherwise there is really no difference between us and people like them.”
Deeyah Khan, filmmaker, 1 October 2018.

Do you see the irony of using violence to defend against violence? Thanks for offering to give me feedback on my piece. I just think this idea that we get to kill the “bad” people is so self perpetuating.

The Taliban is wrong to use violence - thanks for mentioning that one. It is horrific.

Hamas is wrong.
Israel is wrong.
Russia is wrong.
Sudan is wrong.
All the violence just begets more violence.

You can always justify violence in the name of being right.

That’s why it never seems to go away.

https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/war-is-always-justified