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[–] derram 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

https://archive.fo/TTmkO :

NYT Opinion: White America’s Age-Old, Misguided Obsession with Civility | ResetEra

'But in fact, civil rights leaders, while they did believe in the power of nonviolence, knew that their success depended on disruption and coercion as much — sometimes more — than on dialogue and persuasion. '

'They knew that the vast majority of whites who were indifferent or openly hostile to the demands of civil rights would not be moved by appeals to the American creed or to bromides about liberty and justice for all. '

' Polite words would not change their behavior. '


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