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In reply to the discussion: "Dear White People: Stop using Dr. King as an example of peaceful protest ..." [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)131. And "fabrication" must be your bonus word
But you lose points for not understanding what "literally" means.
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"Dear White People: Stop using Dr. King as an example of peaceful protest ..." [View all]
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
OP
"So should we stop using the MLK Jr quote about standing on the mountaintop?"
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#172
Actually, I wish a lot of white people WOULD stop quoting Dr. King altogether
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#178
More than two-thirds of America *as a whole* disapproved of King in 1967.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#196
White America only fell in love with Dr. King after he died and was no longer a threat to them
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#199
If they're being used to lecture oppressed people how they should respond to their oppression, yes
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#167
Why don't you spell out exactly what you're talking about with "indulging"?
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#14
I want to be clear -- you are saying this kid is "indulging" in "dislike" or "resentment" of MLK
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#33
Go back and read what you just wrote and then think about it the attitude it betrays
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#40
All white people bear the burden of recognizing how they benefit from white supremacy -- and if that
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#12
But I didn't say you bear a burden for being white. I said you bear the burden of white supremacy,
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#30
Some people just never learn that they don't have to say every thought that comes into their heads.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#22
White people have the power, though, because we live in a white supremacy.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#23
"And false narratives are why the bulk of Americans don't get behind this kind of movement."
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#31
Are you saying people who protest systemic racism are pretending to be victims?
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#72
Maybe YOU should offer to make the signs that black folk can carry when we're protesting
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#112
Do you generally not believe people with less power than you when they say your actions are hurting
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#89
People don't refuse to "get behind this kind of movement" because of "false narratives" by strangers
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#171
They should stop if this sign hurts their feelers, because they're not ready for the fight.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#18
And how else can they be "cafeteria allies" - fighting for the cause only when it's convenient and
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#25
No, I was saying if people need to tell StarfishSaver about how this sign hurts their feelings,
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#35
I've read the transcript and I didn't see anything about him recommending people laugh at Black
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#86
No assumptions here at all. You just kept talking about Obama's speech and how it's the approach
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#97
Okay, so you're happy to hear that the protestors are diverse. That works. Here's how I see it.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#105
Expecting to be "given time for the message to sink in" drips in privilege, don't you think
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#104
Absolutely. Privilege doesn't disappear instantly. Most don't even realize it
cry baby
Jun 2020
#107
Of course your post is needed. It's kind this young man communicates at all.
Judi Lynn
Jun 2020
#157
I find it really troubling that not one person who swarmed here to attack the message offered any
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#160
White people killing black folk and black folk demanding that white people stop killing black folk
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#173
Black people cannot dismantle white supremacy, nor can they make white people stop being racist.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#185
Black people didn't create a white supremicist society in which we live, white people did and
PunkinPi
Jun 2020
#186
Maybe because we've seen absolutely no evidence that you're actually "fighting racism"
StarfishSaver
Jun 2020
#204
Racism must be fought everywhere. This country is built on a scaffold of white supremacy, and we've
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#209
Signs like these never bothered me, because I know which group it's referring to.
Lancero
Jun 2020
#210