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30. The "moderate" white...

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Sat Jun 22, 2019, 05:47 PM

Jun 2019

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.”

-from "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King Jr.

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About Biden's perspective regarding compromise... [View all] Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 OP

lol LibFarmer Jun 2019 #1

Your "lol" is insulting and inappropriate EffieBlack Jun 2019 #26

lol Laughing out loud(ly) LibFarmer Jun 2019 #27

Speaks volumes EffieBlack Jun 2019 #28

Actually, I agree with the OP and it is thoughtfully written LibFarmer Jun 2019 #29

I guess all of the "lols" and "purity argument reduxes" smears made it hard to see that you agree EffieBlack Jun 2019 #37

I don't find this funny. sacto95834 Jun 2019 #38

Thank you for your thoughts on this issue. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #2

Thank you. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #3

Yes, I think he'll learn and change a lot before Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #6

I don't think it will hurt him. This level of criticism is child's play Politicub Jun 2019 #9

Yes, I get that he's not immune to criticism. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #11

What you see as a personal attack often isn't. Except when it is. Politicub Jun 2019 #12

Good post. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #14

I've observed the same coming from some Biden supporters. marylandblue Jun 2019 #20

The lifeboat analogy is perfect Politicub Jun 2019 #21

Biden wins. BootinUp Jun 2019 #4

They hear it but still maliciously and disingenuously spin it NYMinute Jun 2019 #5

Not what I was referring to, BootinUp Jun 2019 #10

Next up in the batters box.. Sirota is just spinning right now Peacetrain Jun 2019 #13

Both parties have to be negotiating in good faith. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #7

Yeah. It is our reality. Republicans do not negotiate in good faith. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #15

Corey's problem Pantagruel Jun 2019 #8

Could you explain this, please: George II Jun 2019 #16

White perspectives vs ethnic ones. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #17

Perspectives ode2joi1 Jun 2019 #31

Living in Florida, getting bulldozed by incredibly unethical behavior by community leaders, Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #33

Well said loyalsister Jun 2019 #18

I don't disagree with anything you've said. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #19

Piggyback ode2joi1 Jun 2019 #32

Governing requires compromise, as a rule. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #22

I believe you. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #23

Thank you. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #24

This is a truly excellent OP EffieBlack Jun 2019 #25

Thank you, Effie! Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #34

The "moderate" white... PETRUS Jun 2019 #30

Thank you for reciting a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #35

:) PETRUS Jun 2019 #36