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Originally posted by Benghazi82
There is due process for everything. Rioting and looting by criminals and thugs is not exactly how MLK envisioned issues like this be resolved. And the police do not represent all of America. The police have its own culture. If you're truly against it, why ruin your own community?
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Using MLK to tone police, to speak for, and to shame, the thoughts of black people is so tired.
"But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity. And so in a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay. And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again." - MLK, btw
And yes, because peaceful protests have really changed the racism which is inherent in, and relied upon by, Western culture. Soooo basic.
And the US was totally founded on peace. And didn't loot Africa's materials and resources at all.
And police don't represent America? A TRUE mess. "Due process for everything". I'm screaming. Go somewhere with your respectability politics.
I also assume everyone on ATRL deplores the violent 1969 Stonewall riots which incited positive changes for the lives of LGBT people in the US, and the Pride marches which celebrate the anniversary of those riots every year.