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GhostGiblet posted...

Well the problem, and the idea behind that last article, is that what it was actually like for MLK (and Rosa Parks) is not taught and so a lot of people use an imaginary idea of MLK's beliefs or tactics as a way to criticize modern day movements. He was considered an 'extremist' and protests/demonstrations similar to what he carried out are being criticized like "Oh MLK would never do something like this, civil rights protests have fallen so far."

I just think if we all were taught more and understood more about the civil rights movement and how it was perceived by the public we would have more context for today's world

Admittedly, I didn't read through all of your links to ridiculously long articles to see exactly what you were getting at. But if you're comparing MLK to BLM and Antifa and crap, I think the difference is that blacks genuinely were being mistreated in MLK's time, people were being discriminated against based on something as irrelevant as skin color. Today's activists don't have a platform to stand on. They come off as nothing but a bunch of crybabies who get set off by the slightest perceived misjustice and blame entire groups of innocent people for it.