Pacifism Does Not Mean Constantly Getting Owned feat. Nathan J. Robinson

This week, we speak with Current Affairs (@curaffairs) Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) about pacifism: why it's so maligned in popular discourse, and why a horror of war and violence is a necessary thing in our violence-saturated era.

Nathan recently published a piece on the topic of pacifism and the memoirs of Vera Brittain, which you can read here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/the-importance-of-pacifism

You can access Vera Brittain's 'Testament of Youth' in PDF form here: https://ia601600.us.archive.org/7/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.34310/2015.34310.Testament-Of-Youth-An-Autobiographical-Study-Of-The-Years-1900-1925.pdf

This week's bonus is a Q&A session. You can learn what Nate and Francis think is the best invention ever, whether or not the NFL is going to employ veterans as anti-kneeling goons, and what Francis is currently growing in his garden. Access it on Patreon here at the $3 monthly tier: https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-q-session-25623888

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You can follow the show on Twitter here: @HellOfAWay Follow Nate here: @inthesedesertsFollow Francis here: @ArmyStrang