First, let’s not conflate the methods embraced by our fallen leader with the message he preached. While the Reverend often spoke passionately about peace, he never focused on peace for the sake of peace. He always focused on peace as the way to equality. His message was to use peaceful resistance in the face of violence to create a stark contrast to the anger, violence, and hate of the white people who were standing the way of equality. He created a polarization of appearance and then asked – “on which side do you want to be? Which is more humane?”