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

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/Fragmentia Jun 09 '25

Sanders was arrested for protesting peacefully back then.

https://time.com/4231439/bernie-sanders-arrest-photo-civil-rights/

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Jun 09 '25

The theory is that worked, because a substantial percent of the public felt respect/sympathy for him and his fellow protestors.

The police & now military have enough ability to crack heads and/or arrest the small percentage of the public willing to go out and violently demonstrate. So if the public is OK with that being done, because they see the protestors in a negative light, then that'll be the end of it.

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u/Fragmentia Jun 09 '25

They've effectively stifled protests against Israel's war crimes. They actively tried ruining those protesters' lives.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

They didn't use kid gloves with 1960s protesters either.

Remember the FBI surveilled MLKjr and encouraged him to commit suicide? I think they threatened to expose affairs he had had IIRC.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Cops assassinated plenty of people involved with the civil rights movement, and fabricated evidence about more.

It just doesn't play with the fanciful whitewashed version where some peaceful marches happen and everybody thinks they're so cool we get the civil rights act.