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Bluetus

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38. It is a fact. Do we want to have our principles or do we want to win some elections so we can make these things right?

Reply to Skittles (Reply #13)

Wed May 27, 2026, 05:12 PM

22 hrs ago

It should not be such a choice. It is not fair. But we really have to do battle on the basis of the de facto rules.

A black man could never have gotten LBJ's Civil Rights laws passed. And likewise, LBJ could never have accomplished that without all the work, pain and suffering by so many black folks. The system is set up to block progress. We have to be smart and ruthless in fighting that system, even when that means setting aside our biggest principles and goals in order to take the next step toward justice.

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