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[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

if you used someone like MLK Jr. the power would turn off the second we started being nice to black people.

Well, maybe a little while after that, if their Letter from Birmingham Jail is still their position. A notable part is about how people just being polite moderates doesn't cut it:

"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."

this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2024
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