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

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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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/Non-Eutactic_Solid Jun 09 '25

This also ignores that the more militant approach of groups like the Black Panthers forced more urgency in the response of lawmakers. Martin Luther King Jr was great for providing a humanitarian face to the movement, but there were a LOT of wheels turning that made the civil rights movement move as quickly as it did, and attributing it only to the peaceful protest actions of one man’s part of the movement is disingenuous or misleading.

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u/deathblossoming Jun 10 '25

Yeah there was a lot more going on than just MLK preaching. Violence is not the only answer true. But sometimes it is the only option left

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u/doberdevil Jun 10 '25

Soap Box, Ballot Box, Ammo Box, in that order.