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[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

It’s also very Liberal propaganda.

Martin Luther King Jr. protested and he won so peaceful protest works!

While of course barely mentioning the Black Panthers and how MLK was suddenly a reasonable alternative to their violent resistance.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 day ago

And his "peace" was met with an extreme act of violence. Certainly was an answer for someone(s).

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly this. The "carrot and stick" strategy doesn't work without the stick. Every time a nonviolent movement achieves something, it's because they were seen as the preferable alternative to a more militant contemporary.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Exactly. The same goes for implementing social welfare in the face of the Soviet Union and local communist movements.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only reason MLK didn't do more was because what they were already doing was illegal, and anything more could get them jail time. And this is still what they thought of him and his "peaceful" protests:

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They did the same shit when they pretended that BLM burned down cities. We really don't learn even from our recent history, huh?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

dying at this, what a perfect demonstration

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Same as it ever was.