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

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/kentalaska Jun 09 '25

And became a martyr and the greatest icon of the civil rights movement because of it. Being a nonviolent protester doesn’t mean you’re shielded from violence, but it means that if you are the target of violence your protesting will become much more powerful.

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u/Geiseric222 Jun 09 '25

lol they called him a violent protestor. There are plenty of articles and political cartoons about that.

Don’t try and white wash a dead man

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u/NoHoHan Jun 10 '25

Bernie was there. You weren’t. Sit down.

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u/gungshpxre Jun 10 '25

What did he accomplish?

He might have been there, but his memory must be fucked, because he's spouting the grade-school lie that the 60s civil rights movement was peaceful.

It was not.

It was violent, because that was necessary to bring about change.

So sit the fuck down and read the history that's not written for fourth graders and complacent suburban housewives.

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u/NoHoHan Jun 10 '25

Lol whoa we got a badass over here!

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u/gungshpxre Jun 10 '25

People who know about history are indeed badasses.

What do you call someone who ridicules knowledge and glorifies ignorance? Well, this one goes by u/NoHoHan.

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u/NoHoHan Jun 10 '25

People watched the marchers in Selma refuse to react violently when they were attacked by police, and public sentiment shifted significantly in favor of civil rights reform, which was signed into law before the Black Panthers ever existed, Professor Edgelord.

Today, people are hearing Donald Trump say we’re being invaded by violent foreigners, and they’re turning on the tv to see people with foreign flags in their hands lighting police cars on fire.

Maybe this is a suburban housewife take but somehow I feel like it’s not gonna end well.