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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 11:45 PM
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Hats off to the protesters around the country for adhering to King's principles of nonviolence
Edited on Tue Feb-22-11 11:50 PM by prolesunited
With the thousands of people demonstrating in states throughout the Midwest, I think it is amazing how calm and peaceful things have been. I applaud all of the protesters for standing strong and making their voices heard in a loud, but civil, manner.

The movement really depends on it. Just like the protests King led, momentum is gathering on the side of the people. The images of the little guy standing up to the powers that be are riveting and inspiring. I salute the demonstrators and the leaders that are showing us the way.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 11:48 PM
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1. The Whole World is Watching
!
:)
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 11:51 PM
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2. And a major "up yours" to the stooges
You're selling your soul for even less than a bowl of soup.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 11:51 PM
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3. Non-violence
That is precisely why it's working.

There are no credible reports of violence.

Thanks, Dr. King and others who showed the way.

+1
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 11:51 PM
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4. and to gahndi
also as a side note, so many of our demonstrations/protests are infiltrated by paid trouble makers. all a part of the plan to shut us down and intimidate us with the darth vader type cop. I have faced these thugs and have been terrified of them. the worm is indeed turning me thinks. those in power will be forced to pay top dollar for the new thugs against the working class. and it is the working class all over the planet that's been awakened.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 11:54 PM
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6. Of course you can't leave Ghandi out
King was an acolyte.
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pbrower2a Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 12:37 AM
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8. Turn 'em over to the Men in Blue
Don't assume that the cops are the enemies of peaceful protest.

Anyone who makes a protest violent is a criminal and deserves the full measure of legal retribution. Go ahead! Fink on them! Someone who throws a rock or a brick is no peaceful protester. Keeping a protest non-violent is as important as getting your point across.

We are going to be called Commies, ingrates, and traitors. Let that slide.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 12:41 AM
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9. Especially since they are just dying to use the term
"union thug" about the protesters.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 11:52 PM
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5. K&R..
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 12:27 AM
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7. When the pink slips are issued and replacement workers are being recruited
will conscience and shame be enough to stop it?
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onestepforward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 12:45 AM
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10. Big K&R!
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:35 AM
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11. hm. Keep in mind that King's nonviolence tactics failed.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:40 AM
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12. How so?
At least I do not remember that part of the story.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:16 AM
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14. How did they fail?
Please explain.

You can't prevent violence from being done to you but passive resistance is one of the tenets of nonviolence. It was exactly *because* he pursued nonviolence that the civil rights movement accelerated after his death.

I don't understand your response.
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 07:11 PM
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16. What did King achieve?
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 07:20 PM by provis99
All his supporters were put in jail by Bull Connors, and the protests fizzled out. When he tried nonviolence in the sanitation strikers protest in Memphis, he was pretty much ignored.

Civil rights got advanced by lawyers at the Supreme Court, and the fortuitous accession of Johnson to the Presidency after Kennedy's assassination led to civil rights legislation.

Nonviolence made no difference to the power structure in the nation, or the cities where blacks were concentrated. When the violence of the late 60's erupted, blacks gained real political power, gaining the mayorship and council control of many of the large cities as whites fled.

Violence works; nonviolence doesn't.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 07:20 PM
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17. I disagree. It changed hearts and minds across the country
The images of people being attacked by dogs and shot by water cannons resonated. It paved the way for the actions you cited and put them in the forefront. It's not like things would have changed unless there was a groundswell of support for it.

Do you think King was particularly ineffective or protests in general?
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ipaint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 04:57 AM
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13. The poor and working poor were central to King's movement.
They are not included in today's middle class version of revolution.
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eowyn_of_rohan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:22 AM
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15. Yes, and So Far, So Good
We shall see what comes if Walker pulls any more imperious actions
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