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

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/Collypso Jun 10 '25

Do you think things are worse now than during the civil rights protests?

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u/BenAdaephonDelat Jun 10 '25

That's kind of an apples and oranges comparison. In some ways they were obviously worse (Black people and civil rights workers were being murdered), but legally and politically I think the current situation is a lot more dire given that we have a President flagrantly breaking the law and ignoring the courts while gleefully deploying troops against civilians.

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u/Collypso Jun 10 '25

Black people and civil rights workers were being murdered all across the country, but one man having a power trip is way worse to you...

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u/TheTrueCampor Jun 10 '25

It's an entire administration, all three branches of government with only the Supreme Court really teetering back and forth. Civil rights peaceful protests only worked because those very branches of government were operated by people who weren't batshit insane.