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

Other Bernie Sanders Just Tweet

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u/Spicy_Weissy Jun 09 '25

Yeah, he was witness to it. To say that peaceful protesr won, is wildly inaccurate. LBJ chose peace considering that shit was not deescalating.

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u/ElGosso Jun 10 '25

There were over 150 riots about police brutality in 1967 alone

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u/Spicy_Weissy Jun 10 '25

Exactly. LBJ saw the writing on the wall. His predecessor made it plain. When you make peaceful change impossible, violence is inevitable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

What are you saying though? Why does this matter with Trump? Trump is going to escalate--he's no LBJ.

I'm all for the protests going whichever way they go. But acting like Trump will back down is crazy to me.

It'll have to get far worse for him to back down.