Comments on: ‘The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun…….’

By: prettyfoot58

prettyfoot58 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:33:29 +0000

his questions reminded me of the clergy who chastised DrKing for breaking the law /he answered them in his now famous ~Letter from a Birmington Jail~…oftentimes we of today forget how dangerous it was for Blk folks in the South….the lynchings……the nite riders…the beatings…the daily intimidations and humiliations and the living in fear …that Blk folks were subjected to..it courage to stand up because to stand up could mean your life….

By: prettyfoot58

prettyfoot58 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:26:20 +0000

One of the things PBO often speaks on is the pace of change…how it is often slow…never easy…and take work to bring about…but we do get there…….the arc of universe bends toward justice…

By: prettyfoot58

prettyfoot58 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:23:16 +0000

But some lies take a longgggggg time to die…and like a virus they often mutate

By: nathkatun7

nathkatun7 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:23:03 +0000

You are absolutely right, preetyfoot! Not much has changed regarding MSM reporters. Interestingly,journalists, like Tom Wicker of the NYT, were then regarded as moderate liberals. Wicker sure didn’t sound like a liberal to me.

By: nathkatun7

nathkatun7 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:50:03 +0000

Wonderful quote, Prettyfoot! Thanks for sharing it with us. Although he was taken from us at such a young age, MLK lived a life full of meaning. I always cite the examples of Dr. King, Medgar Evers and the other young people who dominated the freedom movement of the 60s, to encourage young people today to get involved in bringing about Change. All the emoprogs who believe in instant gratification forget how long it took to pass such legislations as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Most of them have been spoon-fed the myth that these laws were purely brought about by a strong President, LBJ, who used the “bully pulpit.” They conveniently forget the struggles that took decades before that. Dr. King was elevated to leadership by the Black community of Montgomery, Alabama at Age 26. This was at the time when the vast majority of Blacks in Montgomery, and all across the South, were still denied the right to vote. Dr. King was 36 when Congress finally passed the Voting Rights Bill that removed impediments used to deny African Americans the right to vote. At the time of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, President Obama had already spent ten years as one of the major leaders in the struggle for freedom and equality,