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Martin Luther King Jr said this about violence... (Original Post) liberal N proud Nov 2014 OP
We can do this all day NoJusticeNoPeace Nov 2014 #1
MLK, Jr. said this about 'moderates': KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #2
Therefore loyalsister Nov 2014 #5
Thank you for reminding us, we actually need to reminded. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #3
Nice post. ~nt RiverLover Nov 2014 #4

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. We can do this all day
Sat Nov 29, 2014, 09:16 PM
Nov 2014
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/martinluth124474.html#azDZEhACJ5pCGmJA.99


Wilson, teaparty, cops who murder minorities, are evil and the man said NOT to accept it passively

although i dont believe in the word as there is no such thing, you get the point
 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
2. MLK, Jr. said this about 'moderates':
Sat Nov 29, 2014, 09:20 PM
Nov 2014
First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html (Emphasis added)


Almost seems like MLK, Jr. could be writing about many of the posters on DU these past few months.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
5. Therefore
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 07:08 PM
Nov 2014

"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative." Martin Luther King Jr.
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