The Maelstrom of Violence

[Bob Butler 54]

(09-19-2017, 12:29 AM)Kinser79 Wrote:

(09-18-2017, 08:40 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote: I'm not sure if I get what your stating wrt Martin Luther King vs. Malcolm X.

I believe that he is alluding to the fact that the nonviolent change achieved by MLK was mostly the result of the fact that his version of change was preferable to the violent change that Malcolm X was willing to engage in.  The Civil Rights Movement used a good cop/bad cop method.  In that particular case MLK played the good cop while Malcolm the bad cop.  It was similar to the Indian Independence movement with Gandhi playing good cop while the Hindu Ultranationalist played the bad cops.

I'm not sure I'd use variations of the word 'play'. Lots of folks would have been quite in earnest. Other than that, he's got the right idea.