In this moment, remembering that we killed a man who dared to speak for justice and peace, for equality both racial and economic, we must think back on the words he spoke to inspire us towards the better angels of our nature:
"...We proclaim our devotion to democracy, but we sadly practice the very opposite of the democratic creed. We talk passionately about peace, and at the same time we assiduously prepare for war. We make our fervent pleas for the high road of justice, and then we tread unflinchingly the low road of injustice. This strange dichotomy, this agonizing gulf between the ought and the is, represents the tragic theme of man's earthly pilgrimage."
- from the Strength to Love sermons
I'm choosing that quote because on this day, the great threat to American democracy, the rough beast that spread injustice behind him like a wake of destruction, is facing justice this afternoon in a Manhattan courtroom.
Even Reverend King would be popping the champagne on watching this Shitgibbon get a semblance of justice after decades of trumpian racist rage.
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I try to get around to watching this every April 4. Bono has apologized for getting the time of day wrong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56mjwycKuXA
-Doug in Sugar Pine
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