Far from being bloodless as that guy says, millions died in India before they attained independence. It was only bloodless in the sense that none of the blood came from the white colonialist oppressors. Which is also why the right now loves MLK Jr: he didn't spill white blood.

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The problem with nonviolence is that it requires those who can enact change to have a conscience that violence against the nonviolent can move. Every nonviolent movement accepts violence against its members as a necessary part of the plan. I've never been entirely convinced this is good.

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All political and social minorities eventually learn how to balance Kindness and Fear to achieve civil rights. There is a yin and yang to it. A flight and a fight...You sometimes have to let the majority know that they shouldn't get too comfortable & it only takes one person to leave an impression.

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It’s also absolute erasure of huge chunks of the civil rights movement. There 100% were folks getting armed and resisting. The idea that civil rights happened solely because of nonviolent resistance is highly inaccurate. 

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I am thankful that I learned the truth about the Black Panthers first and when I heard the racist indoctrination version I was utterly appalled. And its funny because I only learned it by way of reading about Patty Hearst and knowing that she punked her rich family into feeding black homeless ppl 😆

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