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bravenak
Nov 2015
OP
Especially when he made the link to class & economics. That's when the "assassination hammer"
villager
Nov 2015
#26
I think he would be really pissed how for so long the non-violence has been
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#81
And the only city that did not burn was the one RFK in which spoke to the people.
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#85
"Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights -- of meeting physical force with soul force."
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#93
They should also look up what he was planning with his Poor People's March on Washington. nt
villager
Nov 2015
#98
You certainly like wielding a cudgel to keep people separated from each other, eh, Bravenak?
villager
Nov 2015
#102
Huh? After all your shouted assertions that you knew exactly who killed King? And why?
villager
Nov 2015
#129
They "got help?" Yeah, I guess you could minimize the role of police departments & intelligence
villager
Nov 2015
#144
And... you haven't actually bothered to read what I posted/linked to, have you?
villager
Nov 2015
#150
Wrong. But if you're hectoring people instead of talking with them, how will that bridge
villager
Nov 2015
#163
Well, that's actually a pretty fair statement. As was the need for each of us respecting
villager
Nov 2015
#183
Amazingly, some seem to NOT realize, they are doing exactly what the excerpt of the article ...
1StrongBlackMan
Nov 2015
#116
Amazing that unabashed supporters of self-described white moderates are doing exactly
villager
Nov 2015
#121
If he was going to be killed solely over race, they'd have killed him in 1963, not 1968.
Ken Burch
Nov 2015
#263
He left it out the other day when he discussed the sanitation workers strike.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#281
What's so threatening in admitting that the perceived threat was in King bringing class into it?
Ken Burch
Nov 2015
#138
For myself, I still place the freedom movement and Dr. King front and center.
Ken Burch
Nov 2015
#226
You seem to be trying to say the real fight was the one you mention. That is the issue.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#275
You DO realize the irony of your unabashed support for a white moderate, while saying this, right?
villager
Nov 2015
#132
They won't address the substance of your comment because they cant refute it.
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#217
No, it's the answer to using the "white moderate" strawman, especially by supporters of same
villager
Nov 2015
#228
Now thats two of us who you have responded to with things that were not in our posts. nt
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#233
So Sayeth someone who can read simple English and know what's not posted. Nt
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#241
Yep. And seem to honestly believe that no one sees or understands what they're doing
Number23
Nov 2015
#238
You know it. Either it was never said or it was actually secret double agent Hillary supporters
Number23
Nov 2015
#244
Exactly. The final danger he posed is that we wouldn't all stay at each other's throats.
villager
Nov 2015
#141
I am well aware of Dr. Kings history etc. and your shouting adds nothing to thus convo.
elehhhhna
Nov 2015
#179
Damn skippy....all those who tout Bernie marching? How many of them marched with BLM? nt
msanthrope
Nov 2015
#4
Yes, I remember the pics of them rushing to the front and middle of some protests. Couldn't bear to
freshwest
Nov 2015
#20
It was never about them and never will be. They want in on it and to get to make the rules. LOL
bravenak
Nov 2015
#208
Are you quite well? You seem to be getting closer and closer to the line which,
mr blur
Nov 2015
#212
Are you quite well? You seem to be getting closer and closer to the line which....
AlbertCat
Nov 2015
#215
If I read your post upthread right, you seemed to be saying that NO Sanders supporters marched.
Ken Burch
Nov 2015
#277
A lot of us did. And with full respect to the leadership of the marches. n/t.
Ken Burch
Nov 2015
#247
So, are you saying we need a Malcolm X today, so Black Lives Matter can be heard?
ProudToBeLiberal
Nov 2015
#19
Reminds me of the shit they say about Rev Wright...To hear some folks tell it, Wright
randys1
Nov 2015
#190
I remember the stick applied after MLK was killed very well. America burned. It may not have been
freshwest
Nov 2015
#68
White civil rights workers were killed too. Thats why he wasnt killed just for being black.
7962
Nov 2015
#34
He was fighting for the liberation of blacks regardless of who was listening or wanted in on it.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#49
Or Medgar Evers, the little girls in the church, or godknows who many others... n/t
freshwest
Nov 2015
#255
Horseshit is the preferred fertilizer for growing mushrooms, who are kept in the dark.
freshwest
Nov 2015
#105
I know that, *everyone* does. I see my attempt to lighten up the thread failed. Sorry, Bravenak. n/t
freshwest
Nov 2015
#250
Actually BLM toned down their protests quite a bit after pushback from Seattle
aikoaiko
Nov 2015
#307
Nobody tries to get past the secret service to get to a former First Lady unless they wish for pain.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#362
I was a kid and I lived in a sundown town, and MLK did make White Folks very uncomfortable.
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2015
#60
That's exactly the sense I'm getting, as well, bravenak. MLK was a revolutionary by any standard
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2015
#67
But was intended for the liberation of African americans, not to be used as a cudgel AGAINST Blacks.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#82
His message still resonates today. We were lucky to have him with us for the short time he was here.
jalan48
Nov 2015
#119
Who said she was? We do support her though. Most of us and hispanics and women.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#124
There's just no way to Triangulate MLK's message into support for Goldman Sachs. nt
Romulox
Nov 2015
#115
You're comfortable with the cognitive dissonance of invoking MLK in support of the RW candidate.
Romulox
Nov 2015
#162
They Are all moderates to me. I compare to myself. I'm over here, they are waaaaaay to my right.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#180
You're still supporting the more Rightwing candidate. We shall know you by your fruits.
Romulox
Nov 2015
#182
His period was still dealing with white people who thought black people weren't even human....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2015
#185
Do you know much about his daughter? Go read up. Then let me know if she is awesome.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#197
We don't know who Dr. King would support. But there's no reason to think it would be Hillary. nt
Romulox
Nov 2015
#224
Were You... Or Author, Lincoln A. Blades, Alive When Martin Luther King, Jr. Was ???
WillyT
Nov 2015
#280
More like pretending the fight against racism was secondary to FIGHTING THE OLIGARCHY!!!
bravenak
Nov 2015
#302
You've certainly been arguing with progressives more, due to the Hillary vs Bernie primary fight
Martin Eden
Nov 2015
#355
My very existance is a strike agains white supremacy. My kids struggle against racism in this fight
bravenak
Nov 2015
#303
The problem is too many white people think it was white people who gave you rights
DemocraticWing
Nov 2015
#298
"The problem is too many white people think it was white people who gave you rights"
SusanCalvin
Nov 2015
#310
I really wasn't advising you. I simply stated the obvious, this is GDP, not the Sanders group.
Autumn
Nov 2015
#350