Reply #16: I really liked your OP

[H2O Man]

and the thread that resulted, Brother Tom. And I love the pin, too.

I've always been in awe of Martin and Malcolm's abilities to communicate. One has to change the way they think, before they can change the way they behave. Both Martin and Malcolm understood this; hence, they focused first upon making people think ..... recognizing that too many people were unconscious, hypnotized, dulled by social novocaine, and unthinkingly accepting the definitions imposed by the larger society.

They often purposely shocked people. In his famous letter from the Birmingham jail, King spoke of being an extremist. Malcolm often noted that we were in extreme times.

So, I'm more than happy when people read my talking about class warfare, and responding with suggestions that we find other ways to communicate that same dynamic. They are thinking.

But for those of us who have the experience ofinhabiting society's margins, the term "class warfare" works perfectly.