Today's protests are fairly similar to the 1960s (FBI, racist, revolution)

[Lekrii]

In the 60s, Martin Luther King Jr. was widely considered one of the most hated people in the country.

Polling at the time asking the following questions gave these results:

1964: Which do you agree? Negros should stop their demonstrations now that they have made their point even though some of their demands have not been met. Others say they have to contue demonstrating in order to achieve better jobs, better housing, and better schooling. 73% said stop demonstrating, 19% said continue, 8% said did not know (Source, Gallup Organization)

1965: To what extent, if any, have communists been involved in the demonstrations over civil rights? 48%: a lot. 27%: some 10%: minor extent, 10%: I don't now, 6%: not at all (Source, Gallup Organization)

1966: All in all, do you feel the demonstrations by Negoes on civil rights have helped more or hurt more in the advancement of Negro rights? 80% of white respondents claimed the civil rights protests hurt advancement of rights (Source, Louis Harris & Associates)

Tell if in your opinion you think Martin Luther King Jr. is helping or hurting the Negro cause of civil rights 50%: hurting, 36%: helping, 14%: not sure (Source, Louis Harris & Associates)

1967: Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Negroes would be better off if they would take advantage of the opportunities that have been made available rather than spending so much time protesting. 53%: Definitely Agree, 30%: probably agree, 11%: probably disagree, 7%: definitely disagree (Source: National Opinion Research Center)

It seems there's always resistance to progress. One day we will hopefully look back on the current protests similarly to how we currently see the civil rights movement.

Edit for clarity: (Questions and wording are taken from the surveys taken in the 1960s, take no offense)

[The Dark Enlightenment]

You used the word "negros". That's tone deaf. And the poor spelling offends me. Shall we censor you? Would that be a bad thing?

[Crazee Cat Lady]

It feels like 1968 all over again at times.

[in_newengland]

Originally Posted by Crazee Cat Lady

It feels like 1968 all over again at times.

Yep. I marched in the streets but stopped when it started to get crazy like it is now. But I got to hear Martin Luther King speak and most of us had the feeling that things would get better. The intentions are good but some sort of outsiders seem to show up and stir up trouble. It happened last time and it's happening this time. Time to stop because they've made their views known and now the rioter idiots have come on the scene.

One difference was that 1968 was fun--love beads, great music, flower power. What do we have in 2020. COVID19.

[AfriqueNY]

Well written.

[DRob4JC]

Well - the same people are running the operation... makes sense to me.

[notnamed]

Yeah, also we remember the peaceful protests of the movement. But forget the 'race riots'.

[ThinkingOutsideTheBox]

Martin Luther King was a very honorable man who led peaceful protests that have paved the way for people like myself to have equal rights to whites. I have the utmost respect for him. The rioters were nothing but thugs.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Yep. Remember these morons? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground

The FBI classified the WUO as a domestic terrorist group,[5] with revolutionary positions characterized by black power and opposition to the Vietnam War.[2] The WUO took part in domestic attacks such as the jailbreak of Timothy Leary in 1970.[6][7] The "Days of Rage" was the WUO's first riot in October 1969 in Chicago, timed to coincide with the trial of the Chicago Seven. In 1970, the group issued a "Declaration of a State of War" against the United States government under the name "Weather Underground Organization".[8]

In the 1970s, the WUO conducted a bombing campaign targeting government buildings and several banks. Some attacks were preceded by evacuation warnings, along with threats identifying the particular matter that the attack was intended to protest. Three members of the group were killed in an accidental Greenwich Village townhouse explosion, but none were killed in any of the bombings. The WUO communiqué issued in connection with the bombing of the United States Capitol on March 1, 1971 indicated that it was "in protest of the U.S. invasion of Laos". The WUO asserted that its May 19, 1972 bombing of the Pentagon was "in retaliation for the U.S. bombing raid in Hanoi". The WUO announced that its January 29, 1975 bombing of the United States Department of State building was "in response to the escalation in Vietnam".[8][9]

Yep, these ignorant, violent cucks look a lot like today's Pantifa/BLM. Oh, by the way, the head of that group of domestic terrorists was a longtime friend and advisor to a certain horrible president from Chicago.

[Fisherman99]

Still a lot of racist resistance to progress...however, constructive change happening now similar to Martin Luther King.