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minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down7·edit-22 months agoNot now said the Liberal. Do you understand the difference between optics and abandoning all principles?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoI’m sorry, I’m unclear on what you’re saying here. That there is nuance in that difference was… my entire point. King was a master of working optics to further a social cause, it’s a large part of why he has had such a lasting impact.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down7·1 month agoWhich is why he was incredibly unpopular during his time?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·edit-21 month agoHe was hugely popular, that’s… why they killed him?
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 month agoAfter decades of trying to appease white liberals, he shifted away from that reformist stance to a more radical approach. That’s why they killed him.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·1 month agoHave you tried looking up his popularity numbers?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 month agoBig-C lenses apply to epochal statistics and northern liberals don’t like being confronted with nuance. If I’m guessing your meaning correctly.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 month agoHave you tried looking up his popularity numbers?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoI… Yes? What’s your point?
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 month agoWhat did they say
Not now said the Liberal.
Do you understand the difference between optics and abandoning all principles?
I’m sorry, I’m unclear on what you’re saying here. That there is nuance in that difference was… my entire point. King was a master of working optics to further a social cause, it’s a large part of why he has had such a lasting impact.
Which is why he was incredibly unpopular during his time?
He was hugely popular, that’s… why they killed him?
After decades of trying to appease white liberals, he shifted away from that reformist stance to a more radical approach. That’s why they killed him.
Have you tried looking up his popularity numbers?
Big-C lenses apply to epochal statistics and northern liberals don’t like being confronted with nuance. If I’m guessing your meaning correctly.
Have you tried looking up his popularity numbers?
I… Yes? What’s your point?
What did they say