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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He did not start the movement by excluding certain groups, gangs, movements, organizations, or political leanings.

Pretty sure he never had any intention of working with the KKK. Pretty sure that if the KKK came up to him and told him they wanted to join his movement, he'd tell them to fuck off, the same way virtually anyone would.

Fucking brainworms, stg.

I was not able to find when the Black Panther Party worked with groups associated with the KKK

You weren't, huh? Wow, who woulda guessed?

but they did try to bring white organizations into their working-class movement.

They were willing to work with them, but they did not change their positions to accommodate them. They did not sell out their own members or members of other minority groups in order to appeal to them.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago

Pretty sure he never had any intention of working with the KKK. Pretty sure that if the KKK came up to him and told him they wanted to join his movement, he’d tell them to fuck off, the same way virtually anyone would.

You are adding your own opinion and bias when you say this about excluding and cherry picking; we don't know if he would reject any groups when they have common interests that would help the working class.

You weren’t, huh? Wow, who woulda guessed?

It was a quick search; I remember reading and watching videos on the matter.

Correction: It was not directly with the KKK, but with white groups that shared common interests in helping the working-class movement. There is one event I remember when a different group and the KKK worked together to force the government to pay their social services checks, but it was a while ago.

They were willing to work with them, but they did not change their positions to accommodate them. They did not sell out their own members or members of other minority groups in order to appeal to them.

I did not say or mention changing our positions; I said coming together on things we agree on, which includes addressing working-class struggles.