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What does it mean?
Criticism of government anti-violence efforts is dismissed as irrelevant.
In plain terms
We ignore critics who question our fight against violence.
What can you take from it?
Government actions against violence face no scrutiny from us.

Where it applies

  • government policy
  • public order
  • protest

Putting it to work

  • enforcement
  • public relations

Questions to consider

  • How should dissent be handled?
  • When is force justified?

Another view

Dismissing criticism reduces accountability for state violence.

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