MLK's Legacy of Nonviolent Protest

Monday, January 19, 2026

Ed Kilgore: Millions of Americans seeking a way to cope with the Donald Trump administration and its excesses need to rediscover the legacy of nonviolent protest MLK embodied.

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Nothing threatens authoritarian regimes more than act of nonviolent protest -- people standing together, choosing empathy and courage, and refusing to be afraid.[image or embed]
-- Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social) Jan 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM

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MLK? Idiot. Would've been much more effective if he had private federal police to enforce his will. More efficient.

#1 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-01-19 08:05 AM | Reply

This is one of the things that will free us from the tar pitof evil Trump and MAGA seek to drown us in.

No to wars. No to corruption. No to racism.

The news when I got up this morning is that Donald Trump has left the ragged edge of sanity for whatever lies beyond.

Our chances to smother Donald's madness without blood dwindle.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-19 08:48 AM | Reply

WWWD What would whites do.

#3 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-19 09:05 AM | Reply

Re 1

The Nazis also have Dream.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-19 09:22 AM | Reply

Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize

www.history.com

No doubt this rankles the noxious orange war criminal.

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-19 09:23 AM | Reply

As awful as things were back during the era of the civil rights campaigns the US was still largely a nation governed by laws and courts willing to back up those laws. The Trump regime is lawless and will not be persuaded by anything nonviolent.

#6 | Posted by qcp at 2026-01-19 09:56 AM | Reply