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How about asking them to behave like their role models? I cannot imagine MLK refusing to talk to the media, or his follower breaking into tears because someone

How about asking them to behave like their role models? I cannot imagine MLK refusing to talk to the media, or his follower breaking into tears because someone said something they didn't like. He loved the media because he knew it was his best ally. The media loved him because he was courageous.

Retra 11y ago
Not everyone knows their role model. I mean, the closest thing to my role model would be Richard Feynman, but there's no way I could behave like him. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
- robotresearcher 11y ago
  Bongoes.
cup 11y ago
MLK would have probably supported them: First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."
archagon 11y ago
Many people would parse this as "I'll listen to you, but only if you behave how I see fit." Their response would be that they definitely don't have to ask you for permission to speak up.
- drumdance 11y ago
  And they would parse it wrong. I'm not asking them to behave how I see fit. I'm asking them to behave like adults. MLK behaved like an adult while his oppressors behaved like animals. That's what gave him the moral high ground.
MisterBastahrd 11y ago
MLK didn't have to deal with today's world. The world he lived in had a stark contrast of right and wrong, and obvious injustice abounded. The closer you get to an equal world, the harder those with privilege will fight to make sure that it never happens. Today's world is one where we've made progress, but now the majority is tired of the minority pointing out its flaws. One side wants equality, and the other side is tired of hearing about how the system that clearly benefits them in ways that they don't even see is flawed. It's hard to get a mediocre white man to agree that affirmative action is necessary. All he sees is the opportunity that someone else got because of their race and ability to keep up with the privileged.

Retra 11y ago

Not everyone knows their role model. I mean, the closest thing to my role model would be Richard Feynman, but there's no way I could behave like him. I wouldn't even know where to begin.

robotresearcher 11y ago
Bongoes.

cup 11y ago

MLK would have probably supported them: First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."

archagon 11y ago

Many people would parse this as "I'll listen to you, but only if you behave how I see fit." Their response would be that they definitely don't have to ask you for permission to speak up.

drumdance 11y ago
And they would parse it wrong. I'm not asking them to behave how I see fit. I'm asking them to behave like adults. MLK behaved like an adult while his oppressors behaved like animals. That's what gave him the moral high ground.

MisterBastahrd 11y ago

MLK didn't have to deal with today's world. The world he lived in had a stark contrast of right and wrong, and obvious injustice abounded. The closer you get to an equal world, the harder those with privilege will fight to make sure that it never happens. Today's world is one where we've made progress, but now the majority is tired of the minority pointing out its flaws. One side wants equality, and the other side is tired of hearing about how the system that clearly benefits them in ways that they don't even see is flawed. It's hard to get a mediocre white man to agree that affirmative action is necessary. All he sees is the opportunity that someone else got because of their race and ability to keep up with the privileged.