re: #6 Aunty Entity Dragon

Ta Nehisi Coates, last night:

Worth noting that northeast cops typically use the switchblade charge on any folding knife, no matter how small or what the actual construction is. I don’t think anybody has seriously carried a switchblade since the 1970’s.

I’m jumping in late here but, I think Coates’ argument against non violence is wrong. The civil rights movement in the 60’s was a non violent movement. They certainly saw violence committed against them. ML King did not justify the use of violence against these (often police) aggressors. King and his followers never lost the moral high ground. The shamed their opponents in the court of public opinion. Change happened as swiftly as it did because of the non violent protests - King knew that burning and looting would play into the hands of the racists.