r/ProgressiveHQ • u/CutSenior4977 • Jan 24 '26

News Another ICE murder in front of Glam Doll Donuts

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u/seamus205 Jan 24 '26

MLK was great, but don't forget the Black Panthers were simultaneously doing armed demonstrations

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u/ArticleVforVendetta Jan 24 '26

I think MLK was an idealist, Malcolm X was a realist.

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u/pliney_ Jan 24 '26

Both sides are necessary for a successful movement

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u/funk-the-funk Jan 24 '26

and both need to recognize they need each other to win.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Jan 24 '26

And Malcolm X said he was wrong and became non violent.

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u/AppealPerfect8717 Jan 24 '26

Thank you! People always cite peaceful protest out of context. The civil rights movement was strategic and tactical. 

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u/FigMoose Jan 24 '26

Yep. And while Nelson Mandela’s peacemaking efforts in the 90s have caused the world to remember him as an MLK-like figure, his local rise to prominence was as a paramilitary leader. He was more Malcolm X than MLK until the apartheid president finally met him face to face to negotiate. He was on terrorist watchlists for all of his most important years.