Bullshit. We’re not talking about gaining political rights in peacetime. You will not stop a genocidal army with words and flowers.

And honestly, at this point implying otherwise is almost on complicity territory

The Velvet Revolution was only peaceful because it was inevitable. It’s not nearly that simple when the political winds are against you or even neutral, as seen in Syria. This is also why Romania, which was politically isolated from the Eastern Bloc, went into violent revolt.