Read what is actually written in your quote.
such actions as incite to hatred and violence, however technically peaceful those actions may be, have not contributed to the resolution of our local problems . We do not believe that these days of new hope are days when extreme measures are justified in Birmingham.
Well those 5000 Native Americans who had their voting registration cancelled might disagree with your opinion that they are nobody.
Martin Luther King Jr. would not have thought they were nobody.
You have made your understanding of Rev. Kingâs positions clear to all.
They can get a voter ID like the rest of us or stay at home. They arenât being disenfranchised.
how does one get a voter ID without a U.S street address.
There are street addresses on reservations. Voter IDâs donât necessarily have to include a street address anyhow.
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a street address is required and streets address on reservation donât count.
Wrong.
If they are legally eligible to vote, and have a tribal or state ID they can vote.
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Nobody is going to disenfranchise 5,000 Indians.
They cannot get voter IDs because addresses on the reservation do not conform to the state requirements. This was done specifically by the Republican Party to eliminate [quote=âWildRose, post:292, topic:225952, full:trueâ]
They can get a voter ID like the rest of us or stay at home. They arenât being disenfranchised.
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They cannot get IDâs because addresses on the reservation do not conform to the Republican created requirement for how addresses are to be expressed.
You keep saying âthey can justâ but thatâs from the myopic perspective that everyone lives the way you do, or the way you want everyone to live.
Dr. King believed in allowing diversity, something which the Republicans in North Dakota are conveniently overlooking to disenfranchise minority voters.
Or if you want another example: the shift of the only voting booth in the largest African-American neighborhood in Tulsa last year, to a point several miles away that was not accessible by public transportation. Sure, they can all vote at the new polling place, but since it is much harder to get to and we are dealing with a community of limited means and difficult work requirements⌠this was a deliberate Republican move to reduce minority turnout.
The examples can be multiplied⌠and much of this would be addressed were the Voting Rights Amendment revisions passed, but McConnell has refused to allow it to be voted on.
There are examples of highly race conscious Republican politics â each intended to reduce minority turnout. This isnât being color-blind at all.
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Youâre just flat wrong. See the link posted above.
Actually no. Efforts are underway to repair the damage, but it doesnât speak to why the damage was done in the first place.
There was no intent to disenfranchise anyone and as soon as the problem was identified it was addressed without any need for federal intervention.
They are making sure everyone that wants one has adequate ID for this yearâs elections.
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There is no damage until after they havenât voted.
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Whatâs written in the quote is:
âActionsâ
âIncite to hatred and violenceâ
âextreme measuresâ
Actions are the Birmingham campaign and specifically Kingâs presence in Birmingham. That campaign included boycotts, sit ins, kneel ins at white churches, and marches.
âExtreme measuresâ are the illegal protestsâspecifically marching in Birmingham to commemorate the start of a drive for voter registration. There was an injunction at the time against the protests. The protestors could have chosen to fight the injunction in the courts, and a prolonged legal battle would have resulted in no violence. But instead they explained, âWe are now confronted with recalcitrant forces in the Deep South that will use the courts to perpetuate the unjust and illegal systems of racial separation.â So they defied the injunction. Technically the protests were non-violent but they were certain to incite a violent response. The protestors fully expected violence and had mentally and physically prepared to endure it without responding in kind.,and guess what? They got the violence that they anticipated.
The clergymen implored King to call off the protestsâwhich continued while he was in jail. They were warning him that more protests would surely result in âhatred and violence.â He refused to call a stop. He pointed out that waiting was pointless and trying to get a remedy through the legal system would be fruitless, âfreedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.â
Did you also notice that King mentioned âthe national communityâ in his letter from Birmingham jail? Part of the goal was to gain national attention. Being on the receiving end of assaults and police brutality was a surefire method to get national attention. They might not have desired to be hit with/by fire hoses, billy clubs, rocks, and police dogs, but they didnât avoid this violent fate. They provoked it. They walked straight into it.
Here is a link to the Letter from Birmingham Jail. This time, try reading for comprehension rather than confirmation. Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]
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Iâve read it numerous times.
Again, the part of your own quote you seem to want to ignore.
We do not believe that these days of new hope are days when extreme measures are justified in Birmingham.
King was not promoting violence, he was a pacifist.
Who cancelled them and why?
