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Originally Posted by willravel
MLK Jr. never hurt anyone.
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Physically, no. Economically, he absolutely did. Just ask the lunch counter owners and the Birmingham bus drivers. The whole point of his civil rights movement was to use economic pressure to solve the problem. You could use the term "economic violence" and wouldn't be far off the mark.
The US is currently using economic violence against Cuba that's had mixed results.