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Context is everything | WHAT YOU'RE HEARING MLK SAID:; " RIOTS ARE THE VOICES OF THE UNHEARD"; WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID:; "RIOTS ARE SOCIALLY DESTRUCTIVE AND SELF-DEFEATING. I’M STILL CONVINCED THAT NONVIOLENCE IS THE MOST POTENT WEAPON AVAILABLE TO OPPRESSED PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE. I FEEL THAT VIOLENCE WILL ONLY CREATE MORE SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAN THEY WILL SOLVE. THAT IN A REAL SENSE IT IS IMPRACTICABLE FOR THE NEGRO TO EVEN THINK OF MOUNTING A VIOLENT REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO CONDEMN RIOTS, AND CONTINUE TO SAY TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY. AND CONTINUE TO AFFIRM THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY" | image tagged in black background,mlk disappointed,riot | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
6,276 views 100 upvotes Made by Psalm118_14 4 years ago in politics
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13 ups, 4y,
2 replies
Read the full speech people before misrepresenting what a famous person said to fulfill your own agenda.

The “language of the unheard” comment comes from King’s “the Other America” speech, two versions of which King gave, one on April 14, 1967, at Stanford, and the other on March 14, 1968, at Grosse Point South High School.

"It is as necessary for me to be as vigorous in condemning the conditions which cause persons to feel that they must engage in riotous activities as it is for me to condemn riots. I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis,

a riot is the language of the unheard

[ WITHIN THE SAME SPEECH]

Let me say as I’ve always said, and I will always continue to say, that riots are socially destructive and self-defeating. I’m still convinced that nonviolence is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and justice. I feel that violence will only create more social problems than they will solve. That in a real sense it is impracticable for the Negro to even think of mounting a violent revolution in the United States. So I will continue to condemn riots, and continue to say to my brothers and sisters that this is not the way. And continue to affirm that there is another way."
6 ups, 4y
Elvis, thank you | THANK YA VERY MUCH | image tagged in elvis thank you | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
Great contribution to the conversation!
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9 ups, 4y,
1 reply
8 ups, 4y,
1 reply
We're dealing with a master.
7 ups, 4y,
2 replies
Master? Hardly.

A failure is more like it, hence his delusional fantasy life equipped with constant misrepresentations and mischaracterizations to boost his contrived narratives.

Like with his latest distortion of what MLK said and stood for, just more dissembling from our resident pathological narcissist who 'thinks' (and I use that term loosely) he's going to start a revolution of one sort or another from his command center in his custom tree house fort daddy built for him when he was 11.
8 ups, 4y,
2 replies
It is nervy to compare the situation than to today. Like things back then haven't changed for the better and NOW MLK would promote rioting and violence but not back then. Truly pathetic.
6 ups, 4y
Makes you wonder what Kyle's true agenda is.

🔘 If it's a function of the Democrat Party's left leaning elements within seems to be stretching it because they'd be too limited in influence as well as not firm enough in stance (witness them musical chairing Bernie and Do-si-do'ing with AOC & Co) to merit an agent spreading it.

🔘 As for Antifa, Anarchists, Communists, or plain ol' rabble rousing trolls he's not radical enough, although suckering folks in an inch at a time would be the way to go.

🔘 Perhaps he really is just crazy, and thus blind to his own lopsided idiocy.

🔘 Whatever the case is, his Pied Piper propaganda extolling the need for riots by falsely attributing a justification for them to MLK is a little too precise and repeated a little too often to appear to be the mere mumbled musings of an obtuse bunghole, especially after having been corrected a gazillion times by many on his misrepresentation of what MLK meant and stood for.

🔘 While hypocrisy tends to be a an (unintentionally) itchy layer in all his posts to the point of rendering them a laughable distraction, his insistence on this particular one is a bit ...... suspicious.
3 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Good thing that's not what I said.

That said: satisfied people don't riot. They just don't. That's what MLK was getting at.

Want to join the growing movement to improve conditions in this country or continue to whine at an anonymous memer?

The choice is yours.
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3 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Here you are whining on a Meme pretending it will help others.

Satisfied people don't riot, Thanks captain obvious.
The officer was charged, That didn't satisfy these rioters and looters. Nothing will satisfy them.
WTF have you done to improve conditions in this country?
Whining on a anonymous Meme hasn't helped a single American, White or Black.

Repeating the same BS talking points Democratic have been spewing since they created Jim Crow laws hasn't helped a single Black person.

Your choice is to use your white privilege to virtue signal and pander to people you place in a specific group based on the color of their skin.
2 ups, 4y
This so much.
0 ups, 4y
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3 ups, 4y
I never had a problem with Kaepernick taking the knee in fact I lost some conservative friends over that incident. I think kneeling is a sign of deference and respect, you kneel before dignitaries, you kneel at church, you kneel when you're about to propose marriage. You're right it's crazy to condemn riots while at the same time condemn someone peacefully kneeling (although I might not entirely agree with Kaepernick's motives)

1. I think the hiring and training of police definitely needs an overhaul, defunding it would be idiocy, but as far as being sympatico most of the time there's not a lot of discrepancy between races as black police are more likely to be hired in black communities and white police in white.

2. Well seeing as you and (now apparently your wife) are white lawyers you have more leverage in reforming the justice system than i
I an ever hope to have staying home with my kids. Let me know how you plan on getting off your ass and getting the ball rolling there. Maybe less meming and more going into black communities and helping out might be a start?

3. Economic reform: did you know that historically Asians were just as much the victims of redlining as blacks? But somehow they have managed to become the highest ethnic group to own homes currently? Asians were also oppressed historically speaking (remember the Japanese camps we used to have post WW2?) And how come blacks who immigrate have the highest education rate, highest pay (sometimes surpassing native whites) and some odd the most successful careers in this country? Is it really about skin color or perhaps being comfortable and confident in your own skin?
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1 up, 4y,
2 replies
Why is this downvoted to oblivion?
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1 up, 4y,
1 reply
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0 ups, 4y,
1 reply
0 ups, 4y
2 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Hah. Was not even that liberal of an opinion, honestly.

Just moderate, incrementalist observations derived directly from what MLK said.

Welcome to “politics.”
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2 ups, 4y
Yeah I know
12 ups, 4y
11 ups, 4y
MLK also said, “The limitations of riots, moral questions aside, is that they CANNOT WIN and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is NOT revolutionary but REACTIONARY because it invites DEFEAT." He realized, unlike liberals today, that rioting was worthless and led to defeat.
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6 ups, 4y,
1 reply
He was also a Conservative. The same black Conservative that the white left today would call a "race traitor" or an "Uncle Tom."
2 ups, 4y,
2 replies
Ok I'll bite... Which white leftists called a black conservative an Uncle Tom?? I recently saw someone here describe a cartoon expressing this sentiment as "one of the best examples of real racism in America today" and I was confused... for multiple reasons..
Maybe I missed something though idk
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4 ups, 4y,
1 reply
3 ups, 4y
An obvious joke contingent on a vote for a non-conservative (I don't think holding a Bible is fooling anyone) is not exactly the same as legit calling someone an Uncle Tom for being conservative & black.. but at least you were specific.
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2 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Etc, etc, etc ....
2 ups, 4y,
1 reply
Anyone specific? I barely watch either of those so idk what you're talking about.
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0 ups, 4y,
2 replies
1 up, 4y
0 ups, 4y
Twitter suspends fake/bot accounts all the time so it seems possible whatever alleged thousands of white leftists you're talking about aren't even real...In May/June of 2018 they were suspending a million accounts per day.

"documentary explores what its like to be a minority within a minority"...seems possible that in this video, black people are the ones calling people "Uncle Tom".. I can't find a link to actually watch it though so it's hard to say for sure. Have you seen it? ..if so, where?

Anyway it seems pretty hard for anyone to find actual specific examples.... I can't help but think that (if it exists) this is an extreme minority of people attempting to be used to portray the left. A spoonful of leftist deplorables if you will.
:P
5 ups, 4y
his speeches give you goosebumbs
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3 ups, 4y
There is always another way. Some are pursuing it, some are eclipsed by the good or the evils of others and some have yet to come to the hearts of the willing. Upvote
3 ups, 4y,
2 replies
Slave rebellions never made people want to set slaves free. It made people place more restrictions on them. Thanks to slave rebellions, many slaves were denied education, religion, and the right to gather for a certain amount of time.
3 ups, 4y,
1 reply
eh... this seems to have disturbing/frightening implications considering what ended up freeing the slaves.
1 up, 4y
I can tell you now that I don’t want a civil war.

But to be fair, the war was started over state’s rights along with the north wanting to keep the union together. It didn’t really become a slavery war until 1863.
0 ups, 4y,
1 reply
>implying that slave rebellions were bad
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
They never led to anything good, if that’s what you’re trying to get at.
0 ups, 4y,
1 reply
hmm... underground railroad... harriet tubman was a spy for the civil war.. though there was a war.. and the slaves won in the end.. i guess..
1 up, 4y
All thanks to the North, not the slaves.

I already talked about the civil war here. My reply to dark_yolo.
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3 ups, 4y
Thank-you for posting this, Kate. It needs to be out there and remembered.
2 ups, 4y
3 ups, 4y,
1 reply
1 up, 4y,
1 reply
Thanks for letting me know. I hardly check on where my memes are :)
1 up, 4y
More than a day. Go %#$€"?@ :]!??(* #&+*€!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 ups, 4y
2 ups, 4y
1 up, 4y
It’s not so much the churched crowd, Reverend.
1 up, 4y
eww
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0 ups, 4y,
1 reply
1 up, 4y
your point?
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    WHAT YOU'RE HEARING MLK SAID:; " RIOTS ARE THE VOICES OF THE UNHEARD"; WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID:; "RIOTS ARE SOCIALLY DESTRUCTIVE AND SELF-DEFEATING. I’M STILL CONVINCED THAT NONVIOLENCE IS THE MOST POTENT WEAPON AVAILABLE TO OPPRESSED PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE. I FEEL THAT VIOLENCE WILL ONLY CREATE MORE SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAN THEY WILL SOLVE. THAT IN A REAL SENSE IT IS IMPRACTICABLE FOR THE NEGRO TO EVEN THINK OF MOUNTING A VIOLENT REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO CONDEMN RIOTS, AND CONTINUE TO SAY TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY. AND CONTINUE TO AFFIRM THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY"