FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoPlease, for the love of God, VOTE!pawb.socialimagemessage-square718fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down1159cross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1881arrow-down1imagePlease, for the love of God, VOTE!pawb.socialFenrirIII@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square718fedilinkcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd Douglass eventually worked with Lincoln, but not before ruthlessly criticizing him and supporting the dump-lincoln movement Gandhi refused repeated offers from the British, he absolutely did not just accept their offer as given.
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoTrue, but the offers he did accept were not immediate independence for India. He knew when to take a good compromise and when to push for more. He continued to negotiate with the British while taking imperfect, but good deals.
And Douglass eventually worked with Lincoln, but not before ruthlessly criticizing him and supporting the dump-lincoln movement
Gandhi refused repeated offers from the British, he absolutely did not just accept their offer as given.
True, but the offers he did accept were not immediate independence for India. He knew when to take a good compromise and when to push for more. He continued to negotiate with the British while taking imperfect, but good deals.