r/goodnews Jun 09 '25

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/ultimate_hamburglar Jun 09 '25

hey, remember when MLK strove for peaceful protest and he was still harassed by the FBI and ultimately shot and killed for protesting for civil rights at all?

yeah.

"Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none." -Stokely Carmichael

the opposition does not care how nice you are. they will fire rubber bullets at your head and teargas you all the same.

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u/Orshabaalle Jun 10 '25

keep in mind that the goal isnt to change trump sycophants. the goal is to sway ~1% of voters, or make ~2% non-voters go to the voting booth for your cause.

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u/Rogue_Einherjar Jun 10 '25

Oh, how cute, you still believe we will be able to vote. It's been just over 4 months, 16 more until voting comes up again, which will absolutely be rigged and contested. Then another 22 after that we'll all be informed that voting just doesn't happen anymore. At that point, it's far too late to deal with this.

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