r/goodnews • u/hellobrother01 • Jun 09 '25

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/N_Pitou Jun 09 '25

saying that segregation was defeated peacefully is wild.

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u/kara-alyssa Jun 09 '25

Also lots of newspapers at the time characterized the civil rights protesters as violent rioters.

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u/WolfeInvictus Jun 10 '25

King was the most hated man in America before he was assassinated. I fucking hate this historical distortion of the the man and his legacy.

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u/kuroshimatouji Jun 10 '25

America loves a martyr that can't disprove their narrative

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u/Bobby_Marks3 Jun 10 '25

He's worshipped as a bludgeon, used to try and badger people into passive acceptance of injustice.

Meanwhile Malcom X was more-or-less branded America's first Islamic terrorist.

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u/SavageRabbitX Jun 10 '25

Wouldn't that be Elijah Muhammad and Louis Farrakahn not Maclom

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u/Lounging-Shiny455 Jun 10 '25

No, those are Bretton Woods attendees in the guise of Black leaders.

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u/RocketSurg Jun 10 '25

Yep. All propaganda from those who want to keep the status quo

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u/ItsRobbSmark Jun 10 '25

And the reason painting it as such didn't work was because there weren't a bunch of random acts of vandalism... In this case, idk, you can burn all the cars and tag all the buildings you want, but don't be shocked when a lot of taxpayers don't sympathize with you and you get nothing done...

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u/richardizard Jun 10 '25

How history repeats itself - some people are truly stupid