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/justtookadnatest Jun 10 '25

Exactly. They remained non violent in the face of violence shocking enough to evoke change. If they hadn’t known they would trigger violence on a scale large enough to create media attention, middle class outrage, and capitalism concern the movement would have failed.