Remember: Real Revolutions Don’t Stop When Critics Get Mad
Imagine what would have happened if Civil Rights protesters had “watched their tone” and tempered their movement when critics began to complain that they were being unrealistic, childish, and divisive. Fortunately, they persevered through mocking and insults, threats, and even violence. Assured of the righteousness of their cause, they protested, boycotted, and engaged in sit-ins. They were loud, they were proud, and eventually they helped usher in tremendous legislative acts like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Imagine what would have happened if Women’s Rights advocates had “watched their tone” and tempered their movement when critics began to complain that they were being unrealistic, childish, and divisive. Imagine what would have happened if LGBT activists had toned it down. If suffragettes had toned it down. If abolitionists had toned it down. If our Founding Fathers had toned it down.
After New York and the five “Acela” primaries, the establishment is once again calling for Bernie Sanders to call off his political revolution and fall in line behind Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Sanders’ supporters have been threatened with labels like “childish” and “divisive” if they do not “fall in” and join the Clinton camp. The pro-Clinton punditry have declared that the “Bernie Or Bust” movement will accomplish nothing but ushering bombastic billionaire Donald Trump into the Oval Office.
Apparently, the pro-Clinton punditry did not fare particularly well in U.S. History class: Revolutions do not stop when critics get mad.
http://thebernreport.com/remember-real-revolutions-dont-stop-critics-get-mad/
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