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Originally Posted by Acey
There's obviously a discussion to be had about the effectiveness of the protests, and nobody condones looting, but you can't add hyperbolic things like "police are being killed" because that kinda hasn't happened. How long should this go on? The short is answer is... until something changes. But it's obviously a complex issue and we can get into it.
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Refusing to respond directly to someone determined to misunderstand so I'm replying to your very good point instead. I want to expound on this. Since so many people love to quote MLK at times like this:
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"First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."
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Just because the riots may fade doesn't mean there is peace. Just because these actions may eventually go away doesn't mean there is justice.
There is no security, no peace, no justice, not while people remain terrified of those who are supposed to protect them.