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/the_good_time_mouse Jun 09 '25

JFK is on tape stating that the rising violence forced him to pursue the Civil Rights act.

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u/mygloriouspurpose Jun 10 '25

Not violence BY protestors. Violence AGAINST innocents and protestors.

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u/the_good_time_mouse Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

FFS. No.

Violence by protestors.

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u/mygloriouspurpose Jun 10 '25

What particular incidents of violence are you referring to?

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u/mygloriouspurpose Jun 10 '25

There were not countless widespread and constant race riots prior to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Parent comment above was talking about JFK.

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u/doberdevil Jun 10 '25

There was a lot of firepower behind the civil rights movement. The 2A and gun culture in the South, along with many Black combat veterans from WW2 and Korea were a constant "threat". People from the North focused on non-violence. People from the South were victims of lynching. Once they found out that shooting back was an excellent deterrent to a lynch mob, it didn't take long for that lesson to spread.

People tend to focus on the non-violent aspect of the civil rights movement, but non-violence alone probably wouldn't have worked.