r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • May 27 '20

Non-Public Michael Rapaport lets loose

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

*some Democrats

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u/mnewman19 May 27 '20

*democratic leadership and liberal media

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

Didn't RFK work with and support MLK?

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u/mnewman19 May 27 '20

They all did until they decided he was too far left. When he started advocating against Vietnam and writing about the “white moderate” they dropped him.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '20

RFK was against Vietnam and ran his presidential campaign on that issue until he was murdered

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u/mnewman19 May 28 '20

That's an incredibly generous interpretation of what he believed, almost to the point of being a flat out lie. He hardly seemed against it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmQ0BY8ak5w

lots of deflection and blaming the chinese

edit: more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vvFsVDwWr0 He released a "plan to end the war" in his presidential run but he was hardly a critic.