@alex_02 @alaric Counterpoint: the version of MLK that is taught to children in history classes is of a saint whose said we shouldn't worry about skin color and is used to argue that racism is over. The real MLK was a complicated, unpopular guy who was loudly critical of American society and capitalism and was so scary to the US govt that the FBI tried to blackmail him into suicide.
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Eva (evacide@mastodon.lol)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 06:58:12 JST Eva
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Alex (alex_02@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 06:58:20 JST Alex
@evacide @alaric What I was trying to say is he wasn't as great as he was being lead to believe. School really sucked before college because of how bias and many things specifically in history classes, were either over exaggerated or propaganda basically was being taught.
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Eva (evacide@mastodon.lol)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 06:58:21 JST Eva
@alex_02 @alaric I don't think I have the energy to engage with this at length, but this is a very bad take. Hitler, Stalin, and MLK also all breathed oxygen. Leadership is important to movements and what you with that leadership matters.
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Alaric Aloor??⚽️? (alaric@ioc.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 06:58:23 JST Alaric Aloor??⚽️?
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Mine also has mentions of COINTELPRO and other historical context and it's SO MUCH BETTER than being on the ?
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Alex (alex_02@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 06:58:23 JST Alex
@alaric @evacide A class in college taught me that MLK was a charismatic leader which isn't a good thing since it also put Stalin and even Hitler as charismatic leader. Ever since than I haven't looked at him the same.
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Eva (evacide@mastodon.lol)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 06:58:24 JST Eva
My timeline is full of toots about how people misquote MLK, he was widely hated when he was alive, and how the fight for civil rights isn't over. So far, it contains zero quotes from the "I have a dream" speech.
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