Comment on Electoral politics doesn't get the job done

• nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  "First, I must confess that over the last 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 the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er 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 can’t agree with your methods of direct action;” who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.”

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Cool. I’ve read what Dr. King has written. You still asked me for suggestions and ignored them. And the fact that you think Dr. King applies here when we are talking about mostly people of color suffering is ironic as fuck.

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    • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      A .world mod who was so stressed about helping his queer daughter escape rising fascism he was suicidal now thinks he can dictate to people who weren’t able to escape and is unable to see how a relevant quote applies to him.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Please quote what I am dictating. I would like to see what I am dictating. Unless you’re lying, of course. I’m betting on the latter, but feel free to prove me wrong.

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      • Rhoeri@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Are you seriously calling out someone for having a moment of weakness because he was afraid for the safety of their family?

        What the fuck is wrong with you?

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