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by lancebeet 991 days ago
There have been quite a few laureates who were awarded the prize for their activism against apartheid, some of whom also spent time in prison due to their revolutionary tendencies. Would you consider these prizes equally unjustified?
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Yes. You have time man of the year for that kind.
Choosing to face injustice with articles and signs and peaceful gatherings instead of masks and high explosives furthers the goals of peace. Unless her articles explicitly called for violence, I have not read them.
But she has not changed anything. It is irrelevant what method you use if the status quo is not moved.