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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-king-had-75-percent-disapproval-rating-year-he-died-180968664/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/w

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-king-had-75-percent-disapproval-rating-year-he-died-180968664/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-martin-luther-kin... “ A day after returning home in December 1964 from a tour whose most important stop was Oslo, the Nobel Laureate for Peace joined a picket line at Atlanta’s Scripto Pen factory, where some 700 workers were striking for better wages for less skilled employees. Though it was a remarkably humble gesture for someone who had received such a lofty affirmation, King’s actions that day and his call for a nationwide boycott of Scripto products won him few friends in his hometown’s white, staunchly anti-union business community.”

skinnymuch 4y ago
You’re shadow banned fyi. I didn’t see anything too wrong with your comments so not sure why you are. Thanks for the quote and link.
- yakubin 4y ago
  How are you replying to them, if they're shadow banned? Wouldn't that mean their comments aren't visible to the rest of us?
  - Jtsummers 4y ago
    You can vouch for dead comments and bring them back (they can still end up dead again if flagged enough). Click on the timestamp for the dead comment and click on `vouch`. I don't know if there's a karma limit needed to vouch for comments. And you can (and I think most people ought to) turn on `showdead` through your profile so you can see dead comments. Not all are worth vouching for, but many are.
  - skinnymuch 4y ago
    I vouched for them. I looked at their profile and didn't see any reason for a shadow ban.
- gumby 4y ago
  It wasn't shadowbanned; initially it got so many downvotes that it was greyed out and marked "dead". When you see a comment unjustly downvoted to death you can still click on it and "vouch" for it -- if enough people do it comes back to life, which appears to be what happened here.
  - skinnymuch 4y ago
    Are all their comments being downvoted? I was referring to all their recent comments. I vouched for them too.

skinnymuch 4y ago

You’re shadow banned fyi. I didn’t see anything too wrong with your comments so not sure why you are. Thanks for the quote and link.

yakubin 4y ago
How are you replying to them, if they're shadow banned? Wouldn't that mean their comments aren't visible to the rest of us?
- Jtsummers 4y ago
  You can vouch for dead comments and bring them back (they can still end up dead again if flagged enough). Click on the timestamp for the dead comment and click on `vouch`. I don't know if there's a karma limit needed to vouch for comments. And you can (and I think most people ought to) turn on `showdead` through your profile so you can see dead comments. Not all are worth vouching for, but many are.
- skinnymuch 4y ago
  I vouched for them. I looked at their profile and didn't see any reason for a shadow ban.
gumby 4y ago
It wasn't shadowbanned; initially it got so many downvotes that it was greyed out and marked "dead". When you see a comment unjustly downvoted to death you can still click on it and "vouch" for it -- if enough people do it comes back to life, which appears to be what happened here.
- skinnymuch 4y ago
  Are all their comments being downvoted? I was referring to all their recent comments. I vouched for them too.