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<blockquote data-quote="RDKirk" data-source="post: 76481816" data-attributes="member: 326155"><p>The discussion of "impact" here falls prey to the same error today of equating "likes" on Twitter to effective activism. Just because the rabble was roused, and the <em>hoi polloi</em> lifted their heads and blinked doesn't mean anything was done.</p><p></p><p>Even if we limit the discussion to the effects of the deaths (and ignore the vast difference of what these men accomplished for the nation and the world in their lives), Floyd still doesn't measure up to King.</p><p></p><p>I guess people have forgotten the nationwide riots that occurred after King's death, that were far more significant than the protests following Floyd's death. King’s assassination set off 10 days of riots in which 43 people died and 27,000 were arrested. Violent protests occurred in nearly 200 cities. More than 100 cities were in flames. The president had to call out 58,000 National Guard troops across the country to regain order. There was very real fear that the burning cities would never stop.</p><p></p><p>I guess people have also forgotten that King's death spurred substantive federal legislation <em>in memoriam</em>, such as the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Urban Development Act. I don't know of any legislation that resulted from Floyd's death.</p><p></p><p>But the cell phone videos did get lots of likes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDKirk, post: 76481816, member: 326155"] The discussion of "impact" here falls prey to the same error today of equating "likes" on Twitter to effective activism. Just because the rabble was roused, and the [I]hoi polloi[/I] lifted their heads and blinked doesn't mean anything was done. Even if we limit the discussion to the effects of the deaths (and ignore the vast difference of what these men accomplished for the nation and the world in their lives), Floyd still doesn't measure up to King. I guess people have forgotten the nationwide riots that occurred after King's death, that were far more significant than the protests following Floyd's death. King’s assassination set off 10 days of riots in which 43 people died and 27,000 were arrested. Violent protests occurred in nearly 200 cities. More than 100 cities were in flames. The president had to call out 58,000 National Guard troops across the country to regain order. There was very real fear that the burning cities would never stop. I guess people have also forgotten that King's death spurred substantive federal legislation [I]in memoriam[/I], such as the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Urban Development Act. I don't know of any legislation that resulted from Floyd's death. But the cell phone videos did get lots of likes. [/QUOTE]
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