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CU Medallion [56005]
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Riots are socially destructive and self-defeating.
May 29, 2020, 12:49 PM
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"I'm still convinced that nonviolence is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and justice. I feel that violence will only create more social problems than they will solve. That in a real sense it is impracticable for the Negro to even think of mounting a violent revolution in the United States. So I will continue to condemn riots, and continue to say to my brothers and sisters that this is not the way. And continue to affirm that there is another way.
"But at the same time, it is as necessary for me to be as vigorous in condemning the conditions which cause persons to feel that they must engage in riotous activities as it is for me to condemn riots. I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. 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. Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention."
- MLK
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CU Medallion [73569]
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post that on twitter
May 29, 2020, 12:56 PM
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it wont end well 
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Rock Defender [53]
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I am most curious to know what the people
May 29, 2020, 1:05 PM
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Legend [19913]
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Re: I am most curious to know what the people
May 29, 2020, 3:17 PM
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They're filming, quite a few are livestreaming. I spent several hours watching various people's streams.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Re: I am most curious to know what the people
May 29, 2020, 3:20 PM
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All-In [34536]
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and theyre not practicing social distancing***
May 29, 2020, 1:25 PM
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Rock Defender [53]
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Only applies in Meechigan***
May 29, 2020, 1:26 PM
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Oculus Spirit [93616]
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I'm all for abolishing democrat leadership in blue cities.***
May 29, 2020, 2:15 PM
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Oculus Spirit [78831]
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Mave Latthews Kand?***
May 29, 2020, 2:32 PM
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Legend [15730]
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2020 America is all
May 29, 2020, 3:05 PM
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"We demand MLK apologize for using the term 'Negro'" and "We've tagged this post...get the facts on if America has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met."
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Legend [19913]
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Did you all just read the first paragraph of that quote
May 29, 2020, 3:18 PM
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and not the second? Sure seems like it. BTW I spend as much time in left-wing echo chambers as I do here and people post that quote all the time.
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Re: Riots are socially destructive and self-defeating.
May 29, 2020, 3:29 PM
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Now I gotta go watch Boondocks episode Return of the King.
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