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trollbridgeyesterday at 10:31 AM1 replyview on HN

As was the civil rights era. The people who chose to be violent made it take longer, actually.


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t-3yesterday at 10:38 AM

I don't think that's really accurate. Without the perceived threat from the militant factions, the peaceful protesters wouldn't necessarily have had political backing and support. Peaceful movements had been suppressed until that point, after all.

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