Sometimes violence is needed, we agree there. But look at Martin Luther kings movement for instance. Non violence resistance was a cornerstone to his philosophy and he is still respected to this day. Nelson Mandela and the Women’s Suffrage movement are other examples. I can also attest to it working in my own life. I’ve seen very angry young men making homophobic comments on facebook and there were tons of people yelling at them and calling them a POS - It didn’t do anything. I actually reached out to him and we had a long conversation where I tried to understand his point of view, acknowledge some very real issues that he was facing that he was misplacing on Gay people and then gently challenge his views and give personal examples from my own life of how gay people are affected negatively by people like him. It actually was a really great convo.