• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    Martin Luther King was successful in large part because of the acts of people like Malcolm X. Talk softly but point at the person with a big stick

    When we are dealing with good faith actors Speak

    When we are dealing with violent insurrectionists who have never won a popular vote and are actively talking about how they will remove the ability to ever speak again?

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      Don’t forget the impact of the Black Panthers. MLK gets the press today because the power doesn’t want people to get the right idea.