Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively the pacifist is pro-Nazi. - George Orwell.

Sorry to say, there are very few intellectual defenses of pacifism. It’s just not practical, eh? Even Einstein clearly categorized pacifism as outside the realm of intellectual thought.

My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is abhorrent. My attitude is not derived from intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred. - Albert Einstein

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A Book Review

How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America - Freedom, Politics and the War on Sex by Cristina Page

“Devastating. This book exposes the anti-woman, anti-family, anti-American, and anti-democratic goals of the far right’s true agenda.” - Roseanne Barr

With glowing reviews from such intellectual giants as Roseanne Barr, how could I not spent a paltry $11.70 to enlighten myself?

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