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Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl
Pro-war: culture of violence, as opposed to violence being an option of last resort. Not sure I'd use "intolerant" but certainly undesirable in my book. A person (or nation) can be strong without always threatening violence.
While blowing up abortion clinics and killing doctors isn't part of the conservative platform, I didn't see the condemnation of it coming from the Right.
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We've been over the disagreements on this, but with 12 UN resolutions on Iraq, war was hardly a first option.
Yes, to reasonable people, violence is not always necessary. However, the world is full of unreasonable people who only will play nicely when threats of violence that will be followed through on are used. Otherwise there is no deterrence.
Re:clinics and doctors -
Of course the vast majority of the right has condemned such actions when they have taken place. There are the far, far, far, right fringe elements that don't condemn it, but that's, well, the fringe. Not unlike most people on the left who were against the Vietnam war didn't support blowing up US governmnet buildings in protest.