(August 11, 2020 at 1:00 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(August 11, 2020 at 12:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If you ‘get it’, then probably shouldn’t refer to people who say Malcolm X advocated violence as ‘idiots’. Since when does being factually correct make someone an idiot?
Boru
I didn't call you an idiot. I was referring to history and a lifetime of people not getting why he did.
Yes, he advocated violence. I agree. But for the same reason an abused spouse might react to their own abuse.
Blacks are still in a position today of damned if they do defend themselves, and damned if they don't.
THAT was my point.
I wasn't calling you an idiot, I was actually agreeing with your MLK quote. It shouldn't get to violence in the first place if you are addressing conditions.
MLK "A riot is the language of the unheard"..... I 100% agree Boru, so when you rightfully say Malcolm advocated violence, YOU ARE CORRECT. But by MLK's own words even he recognized, while it would not be his tactic, he understood the reaction to abuse.
You said
Quote:And for any idiot to argue that either he or even Malcolm were advocating violence is absurd.
You’re claiming that people who say Malcolm X advocated violence are idiots. I said Malcolm X advocated violence. You agreed with me. Does that mean we’re both idiots?
Boru
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