“It is the relationship between the center and the margins that demands scrutiny. Those who occupy what center there is have largely failed to define themselves against the more extreme expressions of ‘biblical patriarchy’ and there are reasons for this.”
"First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."
Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
I have no idea why the conversation surrounding centrists/moderates/enablers/fauxgressives inspired me to post these (in)famous MLK quotes where he called them out.
"First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."
Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
I have no idea why the conversation surrounding centrists/moderates/enablers/fauxgressives inspired me to post these (in)famous MLK quotes where he called them out.
I am bewildered. Bewildered I tell you. ;-)
Related. If you haven’t already, have a gander:
https://mhmatters.com/the-case-for-donald-trump/