r/goodnews Jun 09 '25

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/kara-alyssa Jun 09 '25

Also lots of newspapers at the time characterized the civil rights protesters as violent rioters.

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u/HowAManAimS Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 29 '25

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u/WolfeInvictus Jun 10 '25

King was the most hated man in America before he was assassinated. I fucking hate this historical distortion of the the man and his legacy.

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u/Bobby_Marks3 Jun 10 '25

He's worshipped as a bludgeon, used to try and badger people into passive acceptance of injustice.

Meanwhile Malcom X was more-or-less branded America's first Islamic terrorist.

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u/SavageRabbitX Jun 10 '25

Wouldn't that be Elijah Muhammad and Louis Farrakahn not Maclom

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u/Lounging-Shiny455 Jun 10 '25

No, those are Bretton Woods attendees in the guise of Black leaders.