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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

All successful, meaningful, peaceful movements have had violent allies, or allies who were threatening violence.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 12 points 7 months ago

A protest without the threat of escalation is no protest at all.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I suppose that's a good point. Like MLK Jr. was proposing a peaceful resolution to inequality, and the alternative was Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers. I doubt MLK would have been as effective without those counterparts.