I’m a bit frustrated by it all, but real and meaningful resistance takes more than one angry man speaking bluntly and stirring up the hornets nest.
Peaceful non-violent resistance is a tough and tall order even with all the good intentions and spirit, it will probably lead to violence like the racial protests in the 1960’s.
Non-violent resistance must begin with the notion that the other side must be the first to use violence.
MLK calculated rightly that Bull Connor was crazy enough to use force against the civil rights protestors that would make Connor look bad and MLK and his protestors the victims of his violent tactics.
MLK deliberately picked Birmingham as a protest site in 1963 and he did it with only a few trusted aides knowing because MLK knew his movement was infiltrated with informants-spies.
Unfortunately, after the 1963 peaceful Birmingham protests violence erupted across the country.
I posted more thoughts along this line the other day.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3305590/posts
What if they think this one man could actually get that ball to roll though?
It’s possible.
And they wouldn’t want that, now would they?