raven-the-redhead reblogged
The quote above does elide some lies and bullshit in the middle.
"We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent. The American people are heard. In fact, peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues," Biden said. "But neither are we a lawless country. We are a civil society and order must be prevail."
For Biden, liquidating 15,000 kids is fine if they aren't white.
But if you light a single trash can on fire or occupy a building on your campus, he agrees that you should be shot in the face.
Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed this directly, over 60 years ago: (https://letterfromjail.com/)
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.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
