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.
The historical context being the white moderates defined themselves as neutral but they actively worked to prevent any anti-racism changes.
There is no Center in politics. Only disguised right-wingers.
Just kiddin', I know what is happening. Republicans are losing control over their own party, this is good news for the next president election, the world is doomed if anyone like deSantis ends up becoming emperor.
Did you notice the huge amount of downvotes on any post in here that isn't outright insults the so called "tankies"?
You got down voted but you’re right. Tankie is the new form of commie after that fell out of favor.
During the Red Scare, calling someone a "communist" was itself a death threat. Red Scare is now over and you have people openly declaring themselves communist, that's why they had to come up with a new term. Tankie was their first attempt but they messed up by making it too restrictive, now they're pushing a new term
"Woke."
Example sentences: "Free healthcare is wokeism"
The above is a natural evolution since "Free healthcare is communism" would have the opposite effect if you keep repeating it over and over. At some point people will declare themselves "woke" and the right will come up with yet another new term.
The US defines itself as a "Liberal Democracy" therefore any American Narrative must be called Liberal Narrative and not any other term. Those are merely attempts to decouple American propaganda from America itself.
Did you know the Big Bang is called that because Adam was banging Eve?
No, it wasn't. Science has long proven that religion is a pure hoax, that's why many studious individuals were burned to death or persecuted throughout human history.
Be warned this thread was completely invaded by neoliberals, you only received extremely biased views. For starters, the word "tankie" is something libtards came up with to insult those whose view differs too largely from theirs.
Also remember the United States commited genocide of their own indigenous people, they practice slavery in their prisons, they have dropped thousands of bombs in the arabs, there are several instances of structural racism in areas with heavy black population, the United States has also invaded multiple nations for questionable reasons.
Does this excuse some Communist atrocities? No, it doesn't. Stalin went too far, we know, he implemented dubious policies, we know. But this is not such a simple situation. The top post of this thread says we "specifically defend those atrocities", this couldn't be farther from the truth.
We do not defend any genocides, including the ones that did not happen, we wouldn't defend them if they did happen. We defend a much greater goal. If we ever defended any genocide it would the mass killing of billionaires and nazis.
Did you know that NATO's first Chief of Staff was a nazi officer?
Republican policies boil down to
Wait. How did they end up in bed with Russia?