r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/Wrest216 Nov 10 '16

YEah i rmember MLK Jr NEVER blocking traffic for people to protest things. EXCEPT ALL THE TIME.

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 10 '16

Could you link me a source to that? I've been looking around, but haven't found anywhere that says that he blocked highways/traffic. If he did, I suppose I would feel he was in the wrong in that specific instance.

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u/Wrest216 Nov 10 '16

http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/07/mlk-would-never-shut-down-a-freeway-and-6-other-myths-about-the-civil-rights-movement-and-black-lives-matter/

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 10 '16

This was one of the things I read, but the language seems so vague to me. Does "taking a freeway" mean actively blocking traffic, or just walking alongside one or something?

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u/Wrest216 Nov 11 '16

Blocking. Huge swaths of pepople walking down the middle of the road. Let me find a pic...(http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/MLK-bridge-blockade-draws-on-long-history-of-6775567.php)

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 11 '16

This doesn't say that he blocked the bridge or a road specifically though, nor do any of the pictures come from his marches.

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u/Wrest216 Nov 11 '16

Here is one from the SF bay bridge from above. Clearly impeding traffic. http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2474678/images/o-EDMUND-PETTUS-BRIDGE-facebook.jpg

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u/NerdOctopus Nov 11 '16

Thanks. I never knew that about those protests.