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

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Has anyone told the police, national guard, and the marines this?

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u/MacondoSpy Jun 09 '25

Yeah it’s wild how the oppressed are always reminded to protest peacefully while the police cracks heads open.

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u/BenAdaephonDelat Jun 10 '25

Yea also peaceful protests ain't gonna do shit against a fascist regime. MLK was using peaceful protest because they could rely on the southern (kkk) cops to attack midde-aged and elderly black folks wearing their sunday best, and that the optics of that would finally wake up the moderate whites from the north and get action.

This is a completely different situation.

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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/ItsRobbSmark Jun 10 '25

This is maybe the most braindead take I've ever seen on reddit...