![]() In his 1958 book “Stride Toward Freedom,” the pastor wrote: “To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. So would many liberals, who pay lip service to his faith in love as a transformative social force but cultivate a vitriol for opponents mirroring the MAGA faction’s. They’d benefit from revisiting his body of work. King is an often-cited figure among Republicans who like to twist his words to characterize affirmative action and reparations as racist. Birmingham leaders repeatedly made that choice by refusing to engage in good-faith negotiation with Black activists. It was some individuals’ decision to break with those who were different from them, rather than bridge divides. ![]() ![]() But he refused an us-versus-them conception. It was a necessary byproduct of the struggle for equality. King elucidates the absurdity of that claim, while acknowledging that his protests promote “constructive nonviolent tension.” He writes: “I must confess that I am not afraid of the word ‘tension.’ ”įor King, polarization wasn’t a problem. ![]()
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