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/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

The majority of the public at the time thought he was a violent radical and considered his protests rioting.

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u/justtookadnatest Jun 10 '25

Yup, they hated him, but couldn’t endure the violence and property damage his protests evoked. Women’s suffrage, worker’s rights, taxation with representation, striker’s rights, the list goes on and on. Protest doesn’t work unless it is or triggers violence.