Nonviolence develop a constrast

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This is a conversation about
violence versus nonviolence

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in the work of liberation is an
ongoing argument and will be.

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But we do see where there's
violence has been used to

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fight for liberation,
there are consequences

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for your future society.
You saw violence.

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King was committed
partially as was Gandhi

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to only the use of nonviolence.

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For King he faced a violent death.

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He knew that was a reality

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but he felt that nonviolence in
the face of very violent systems

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developed a contrast.

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So when he was fighting the racism
in the southern United States

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non-violent responses
to violent attacks

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showed this comparison

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because you could see
what truly was injustice

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and what in fact
it actually exaggerated.

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It seemed to pull out

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of the oppressive segregationists
in the south even more violence

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when someone didn't come
back in the same method

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but was nonviolent.

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And it represented,
it certainly for King,

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his understanding of Jesus Christ.

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And it was the ultimate model
for how his religious faith

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needed to work around there.

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So there's tremendous
power in nonviolence

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but it takes a certain
kind of commitment

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and discipline to really exercise.