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[–] pjwestin 11 points 5 months ago

When MLK did sit-ins, they didn’t destroy property and graffiti walls and the like. It’s not the same

That is exactly what pundits at the time accused MLK of doing, and based on your comments here, if you had been alive during the Civil Rights Era, you would have agreed with them. For context, here's how King was depicted in 1967: