Reply #4: Neither Ghandi (were he a US citizen) nor MLK, in their TIME, could have been elected dogcatcher in [View All]

[MADem]

the USA. People get this idea that Martin, especially, was universally adored and bowed down to while he lived. He wasn't. He caught major shit from the right, for being a Black man who spoke out, and he caught major shit from the left, too, for being too "old school" and not advocating "power by the point of a gun."

It was only after some asshole put a bullet through his head that he became a saint.

Nowadays, either one of your examples, if they could be brought back to life, would be elected to any national office in a walk, but BACK THEN, no. They wouldn't stand a chance.

We live IN OUR TIME. We have to make things work IN OUR TIME.

If you don't want to "compromise" well, don't. But compromise is the thing that advances the ball. Standing on principle might feel good, but you'll be standing on it while the GOP tries to run roughshod over the rest of us. I won't have that.

YMMV. And probably does.