FOR STUDENT POWER Wonton Pannekoek @forstudentpower Follow Your regularly-scheduled reminder to not let public opinion dictate how we fight for liberation Freedom Riders, sit-ins (May 1961) Q: Do you approve or disapprove of what the "Freedom Riders" are doing? Approve 22% Disapprove 6196 No opinion 18% Q: Do you think “sit-ins" at lunch counters, "freedom buses" and other demonstrations by Negroes will hurt or help the N----'s chances of being integrated in the South? Help 28% Hurt 57% No opinion 16% Note: May not equal 100% because of rounding. Source: Conducted by Gallup Organization May 28-June 2, 1961, and based on personal interviews with a national adult sample of 1,502. Data provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. THE WASHINGTON POST

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FOR STUDENT POWER Wonton Pannekoek @forstudentpower Follow Your regularly-scheduled reminder to not let public opinion dictate how we fight for liberation Freedom Riders, sit-ins (May 1961) Q: Do you approve or disapprove of what the "Freedom Riders" are doing? Approve 22% Disapprove 6196 No opinion 18% Q: Do you think “sit-ins" at lunch counters, "freedom buses" and other demonstrations by Negroes will hurt or help the N----'s chances of being integrated in the South? Help 28% Hurt 57% No opinion 16% Note: May not equal 100% because of rounding. Source: Conducted by Gallup Organization May 28-June 2, 1961, and based on personal interviews with a national adult sample of 1,502. Data provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. THE WASHINGTON POST

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BulletproofBrony, Not Dead Melia

BulletproofBrony, Not Dead Melia

Sep 02, 2017 at 05:12PM EDT

As a basic matter, yes: public opinion doesn't determine morality.

As a secondary matter, equating this:

with this (Charlotte 2016):

is absurd.

Sitting at a lunch counter and asking to be served like white guests isn't the same thing as blocking freeways, looting trailer trucks, and setting fire to their contents--among other things.

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BigK64

BigK64

Sep 03, 2017 at 10:25PM EDT in reply to Platus

Well that's good to hear.

Now would you mind giving me your name and address. Its for nothing really important, I just need it just in case some violent fuckwit decides to go on a killing spree in the name of a "righteous cause".

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