The author lists Malcolm X and Angela Davis as people the protesters should emulate, and then says; "There’s no chance you’d ever find any of these legendary activists hurling insults at police officers" and "If we want genuine change, we have to be willing to compromise and meet with the opposition on the other side."

Damn. Really makes you 🤔

Goddamn this is some thoughtless drivel. I hope our boy Gabriel enjoys his tenure at The Atlantic

If all we do is make physical noise every now and then, we can’t really accomplish anything besides successfully antagonizing the other side.

Right now, we’re pushing people away. We’re pushing away the very people who have the means and the power to establish actual change.

What I saw at that protest a month ago was the perpetuation of polarization. Driving the gap between people even further. The same concept that the corruption in this country thrives on.

As time goes on, there just seems to be more and more polarization and less and less actual unity. We keep villainizing each other and genuinely believe that doing so will fix real problems or change something.

That’s not how it works.

If we want genuine change, we have to be willing to compromise and meet with the opposition on the other side.

This is SJSU

Not even tech bro beep boops care about that slop college, they mostly go to Stanford. Many students who take their programs seriously just visit that shit to complete their gen ed courses.

This drivel imo fits all the check marks of the "white moderate" MLK elaborated on.

this is a honestly embarrassing level of historical illiteracy. like it's just vibes based history. I don't even think they bothered reading a wikipedia article.

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The only thing that is productive is letting the adults in the room decide everything without any oversight or accountability. If you suggest anything else you're an authoritarian red fash tankie