In another thread, Evilfleegle, or whatever his name is, made an interesting point about how the peaceful tactics of MLK worked so well, in part because of the violent threat of those like the Black Panthers.
Dr Martin Luther King saved this country
I made this point.
It is worth noting, that White America was the one that made the call. That had been voting pro-civil rights before MLK or the Black Panthers and continued doing so though out.
The pushback against more and eventually equal rights for blacks were always from a MINORITY of whites.
And no one ever seems to give any credit to the MAJORITY of whites that voted pro-civil rights, along the way.
Rightwinger came back with this
"
White America had a hundred years after the civil war to allow equal status to black Americans.
Instead, they offered platitudes of separate but equal, told blacks to be patient, these things take time, accepted laws and social mores that treated blacks like animals.
The MAJORITY of whites wanted to just keep the status quo
"
At this point, I realized I had made a brilliant point, that deserved it's own thread.
My challenge to Rightwinger, give me your best example of the anti-Civil Rights guy winning the election and telling blacks "to be patient"
For discussion.
Dr Martin Luther King saved this country
I made this point.
It is worth noting, that White America was the one that made the call. That had been voting pro-civil rights before MLK or the Black Panthers and continued doing so though out.
The pushback against more and eventually equal rights for blacks were always from a MINORITY of whites.
And no one ever seems to give any credit to the MAJORITY of whites that voted pro-civil rights, along the way.
Rightwinger came back with this
"
White America had a hundred years after the civil war to allow equal status to black Americans.
Instead, they offered platitudes of separate but equal, told blacks to be patient, these things take time, accepted laws and social mores that treated blacks like animals.
The MAJORITY of whites wanted to just keep the status quo
"
At this point, I realized I had made a brilliant point, that deserved it's own thread.
My challenge to Rightwinger, give me your best example of the anti-Civil Rights guy winning the election and telling blacks "to be patient"
For discussion.