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• @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-27 21:14

  Any martial artist that isn’t full of shit and high on their own supply will tell you that self defense skills are only to ever be employed when you truly do not have any other option. You always try to talk down a situation, look for or cause an opening to flee from a situation, or even just outright surrender/comply if that is likely to result in the actual immediate threat to yourself or others ending. Even being robbed at gun or knife point, just give them your wallet. You only ever use force when 1) you genuienly have no other option and 2) the risks of using force outweigh the risks of not doing so. Even then, you still must remain proportional. I am offended by people who assault their partners on many levels, and one of those levels is the obvious lack of self control.

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• @DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 2026-10-28 14:30

  That’s good advice regardless of the gender of the person who hit you If your goal is to encourage that person to go around attacking more people and make sure everyone knows you’re a safe target for bullying and exploitation them this is great advice. When someone has shown a willingness to initiate violence, the only sane reaction is to give them a surfeit of it so they won’t do it again.

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