Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post
I agree with you for the most part, but non-violent movements have been part of many insurgencies (although I hate the term you can call it another line of operation). Sometimes they didn't know they were tools of the insurgents, but it was basically active PSYOP to create the perception that the government was illegimate to create doubt and hopefully reduce external support to the government. Especially effective if the government overreacts to these movements.
Maybe we stumble when we view insurgency as independant "thing" - "insurgencies have this" or "insurgencies do that". Perhaps it is more useful to conceptulize insurgency as another "tool" or (I hate the term as well) "line of operation". "Non-violent resistance" and "Insurgency" ("violent resistance"?) are tools that groups of people opposed to the government use to achieve their aims?

As for Bob's post, I read through it twice. I wish to digest it further before comment.