We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. -- Speech in St. Louis, Missouri, March 22, 1964]
This is a quote from the great MLK jr. It lingered in my mind when I saw a video about the march Vs. Glenn Beck rally. It was suppose to be about how Glenn is war and chaos, and the other people were just peace. You saw a man cursing and “fuck you” all over the place, but it didn’t give a reason why. You saw a man pointing like “bang bang your dead” but it doesn’t show you what he’s reacting to, but I know that most people will just see it as hate and not even know what is the real truth.
I find myself wondering what happened to the old days. Where peaceful people were truly peaceful people. I see some say they are, and in the next minute they are talking how we must go to war against others, race, or religion. They get on television for fame and money, but not to truly spreading peace or positivity. They aggravate people to no end to get some kind of negative emotion so they can put themselves in a better light.
When I ask to list peacemakers, it ends up Mother Theresa, MLK, Princess Di, but what about people who are alive today?
I seen more hate now a days than anything else, and it does scare me. Who will be the next peacemaker, that when you see them, you know it’s peace & happiness they seek and nothing more?
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
-- "Letter from Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963
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