The America I Love Needs to Do Better

[David Lockmiller]

(06-03-2020 06:44 AM)Gene C Wrote:  I was comparing some pictures of the civil rights marches from this week and from the 1950's up to the early 1960's. Google "civil rights marches 1960's" and look at the images in the link below.

https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+ri...66&bih=625

There were two things that came to my attention in comparing the marches.
- In the images from the early 60's, when an American flag was carried by the marchers, it was displayed with respect.
- Look how the leaders, and not just those those marching in the front are dressed. Photo's from the 60's show men wearing coats and ties, women wearing dresses or skirts.

There is an impression of dignity and self respect.
Which group would you rather listen two and take more seriously?
Which group gives the impression they want to be part of the solution to the problem and are willing to work and become personally involved in a solution?

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I also remember photographs of people at baseball games . . . men wearing hats like my dad would do.

I wear a "Chicago Bears" baseball cap all of the time now.

I will tell you what has impressed me the very most by far: "George Floyd Protests" have been going on all around the world and in very significant numbers. [Watch BBC World News nightly.] The second thing that has impressed me here in the United States are the daily large peaceful numbers and the ethnic diversity peppered randomly in large numbers within the crowds and also the number of women supporting strongly and peacefully such protests.

The bad part are the bad actors taking criminal advantage of the situation under the cover of darkness and the preoccupation of the police forces.

There was an almost humorous story on the local news of a Chrysler dealership in Oakland that had all of its $100,000 Dodge Hellcats stolen off the lot. The gangs of thieves broke into the showroom and forced open the electronic key locker. Then, they set off the alarms in the cars to determine their location and sped away into the night. For the best car in the showroom, the thieves drove it right through the showroom window.

The dealership owner said all of the cars had individual electronic monitors installed and that his employees had been tracking the cars all over the bay area on computer monitors.