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Violence is described (in the media) and criticized when it is practiced by people who are oppressed, when they try to defend themselves somehow. But when it is practiced by a state, it is not described as violence.

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti

-And as Zizek would point out.  This method of describing subjective violence in a way which shows preference to one party (the state) is in fact a subtle, but no less potent act of violence in itself.

(via thebarstoolphilosopher)

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7/22/10, 7:30pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/Z4iyNyoW1Wk FILED UNDER: #violence  #class war