EDIT: no, I don’t sympathize with nazis (neither I sympathize with those who call everyone nazi when they’re losing an argument ;)

  • yeeter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Maintaining the moral high ground is crucial when attempting to fight extremists with reason and discourse.

    MLK understood this tactic and brilliantly deployed it with his non-violent movement, and he defeated extremists with reason and discourse.

    You can call me naïve, but wouldn’t have been a shame if MLK gave up when he was called naïve?

    When they go low, we go high.

    -Michelle Obama

    • mustardman@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I wish we lived in a functional democracy where you can go “high, when they go low”. The only thing that has resulted in is eroding the democratic system by ceeding power that undemocratic individuals will keep for themselves.

      Edit: To add, I believe that Michelle Obama was right when we said that, but the world has radically changed since then.