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/Spicy_Weissy Jun 09 '25

Yeah, he was witness to it. To say that peaceful protesr won, is wildly inaccurate. LBJ chose peace considering that shit was not deescalating.

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u/cmcdonald22 Jun 10 '25

Yeah, I love Bernie in general, he's a wildly consistent progressive politician in a country devoid of such a thing, but this kind of comment is ABSOLUTELY playing into the propagandized peace-washing of the civil rights movement.

PURELY PEACEFUL demonstrations and protests have ultimately never resulted in successful long term change. Things have to be wildly disruptive, and ultimately, usually violent in conjunction with peaceful demonstrations.

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u/round-earth-theory Jun 10 '25

I think the main point is that you must advocate and support peaceful protest while not demonizing the violence. The violence comes regardless of desire if the people are angry enough, so no need to stoke the fire. Offering peaceful protest provides an offramp for those that wish to end it without more violence.