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Ichingcarpenter

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11. Martin Luther King said

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2014, 01:09 PM

Mar 2014

Martin Luther King said, "A man can't ride your back unless it's bent." And we need to stop bending our back."In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Now we all need to become each other's friend.

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Don't be afraid. [View all] Scuba Mar 2014 OP

Yes!! JimDandy Mar 2014 #1

To be silent, is to be compliant. kairos12 Mar 2014 #2

If not complicit. snot Mar 2014 #13

K & R for standing up. mountain grammy Mar 2014 #3

"Whenever one person stands up..." mindwalker_i Mar 2014 #4

The second one works! There's a significant number of followers ffr Mar 2014 #5

k&r polichick Mar 2014 #6

History repeats itself trickyguy Mar 2014 #7

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #8

HEAR HERE! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #9

I love that cat in your siggif Tsiyu Mar 2014 #15

thanks, me too! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #17

Good ones, Scuba! calimary Mar 2014 #10

Martin Luther King said Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #11

K&R!!! DeSwiss Mar 2014 #12

I second what Gloria Steinman said. You all encourage me to speak out and not let republicans gtar100 Mar 2014 #14

Courage is contagious. woo me with science Mar 2014 #16

I'd make this smaller if I knew how. Whisper, not roar. proverbialwisdom Apr 2014 #18