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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Photographer was Danny Lyons - more Bernie pics [View all]Jarqui
(10,123 posts)89. Or make the case that his actions didn't pose a risk
In this case, it got him arrested. In another case, it had the cops tailing him and taking his flyers on police brutality down right after he was putting them up. It had the dean of his school asking him to take a year off.
If you attended one of these demonstrations, like the March on Washington in 1963 that Sanders did, you risked tear gas, night sticks, arrest or worse.
Aug. 28, 1963 Military police line up at the Washington Monument prior to the March on Washington. Fearing violence from the event, 30 Army helicopters patrolled the skies, swooping low over the Reflecting Pool. Four thousand troops stood ready in the Washington suburbs, and 15,000 paratroopers were placed on standby in North Carolina.
John Lewis was told he had to tone his March on Washington speech down because it was too militant. They feared he'd spark a riot.
Despite the event being organized to be a nonviolent protest, authorities had set up crowd control measures out of fear of a riot breaking out. Military police lined the National Mall and dozens of Army helicopters patrolled the skies over the march. Nearly 6,000 police officers were on duty, as well as 2,000 men from the National Guard. Four thousand soldiers stood at the ready in the D.C. suburbs alone, and 15,000 paratroopers were on standby. The march took place without major incident, however.
Partly due to mistrust and partly due to risk in business or socially, there were not a lot of whites really standing up for blacks in 1962-3. The movement was growing but not there yet. So supporting them got you labeled things like "nigger-lover". About 1/4 of the people in the March on Washington were white. But I bet the vast majority didn't go to work the next day bragging about being at the demonstration. There were still a lot of prejudice people having trouble accepting it.
Actions have consequences. If you protest darn near anything, you're taking some sort of risk - particularly in the early 60s. To suggest Bernie didn't take risks is inaccurate and unfair. John Lewis and MLK took much bigger risks. It got MLK killed and for example, John Lewis was beaten by mobs as a Freedom Rider and in a protest for voting rights at Selma, the cops attacked them and fractured Lewis's skull here:
So to maintain perspective, Bernie actions were not as risky as the ones John Lewis took but he did take some risks standing up for the same cause.
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Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Photographer was Danny Lyons - more Bernie pics [View all]
Jarqui
Feb 2016
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It won't make a bit of difference. He is using the tactic of throwing shit and then running.
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#123
Lewis damaged his own reputation by his own actions without any help from me.
Waiting For Everyman
Feb 2016
#153
So does he still believe that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats
dlwickham
Feb 2016
#129
I love and admire Congressman Lewis. He deserves his iconic status. If not him, who?
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#51
that wasn't the point, it was the passive aggressive implication that he planted. nt
m-lekktor
Feb 2016
#25
So if the Clinton camp Swift boats Bernie and then she wins the primary we are just supposed
jalan48
Feb 2016
#15
Bernie is the real deal. First sit-in in the North. Get that? So what if he wasn't in the South?
thereismore
Feb 2016
#30
The boatneck sweater in these photos is the same. Bezos and his crew are liars devoid of honor.
gregcrawford
Feb 2016
#71
There are two students in the new photo and the student on the left looks more like
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#44
At this link is a lovely photo of John Lewis from 1963, by Danny Lyon who took the Bernie photos
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#157
THANK YOU! Is it CLEAR NOW? Bernie IS NOT a liar, like someone else we know.
in_cog_ni_to
Feb 2016
#53
Maybe we should say thanks to HRC/Brock. Bernie is not the boastful type and
ALBliberal
Feb 2016
#58
We need to know the people who changed the names on that photograph and why
EndElectoral
Feb 2016
#60
There is one thing that has to be remembered. Hillary is an establishment candidate, with
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#65
Yep! And a big Fuck You Once Again to the Corrupt Corporate Clinton Mainstream Media.
Arugula Latte
Feb 2016
#128
"...persons went into the archives of the University of Chicago and changed captions..."
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2016
#110
It had to have been done electronically, which may have produced a timestamp.
FourScore
Feb 2016
#120