Dr. King

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(04-05-2018 07:17 AM)Rsmyth Wrote:  I’ve been to the mountaintop … I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land."
Change to social injustice moves glacier like. If you look back to the sixties, what has changed? Civil rights, the Vietnam war... Some might say we have regressed.
What have we learned since Columbine? Mourn, pray, repeat. What has peaceful protesting ever accomplished? What has violent protests or action ever accomplished? Two things that I can think of; protest of the British tea tax and the raid on Harper's Ferry. When government does not listen, what do the people do?

Rich - I don't know what answer I/we should give, but personally I don't think anarchy is the answer - and Dr. King certainly did not advocate civil unrest. To me, that's what set him apart from the more radical civil rights groups.

Perhaps an informed citizenry who take advantage of educational opportunities, pay attention to real political issues (i.e. not salacious scandal), and vote for a well-organized republic (not democracy) as our learned forefathers envisioned?