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bigtree

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33. aint it the truth, lunasun?

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:18 PM

Jun 2015

...still celebrating their supremacist role in the frickin Civil War.

Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive triumph of the right. I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways. I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Things refuse to be mismanaged long. Jefferson trembled when he thought of slavery and remembered that God is just. Ere long all America will tremble.

-Theodore Parker, Unitarian minister and prominent American Transcendentalist born in 1810 who called for the abolition of slavery.

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I'm so glad I'm off work tonight (space to absorb the impact of the tragedy in S.C.) [View all] bigtree Jun 2015 OP

N/T AuntPatsy Jun 2015 #1

My heart is heavy, too, for all the babylonsister Jun 2015 #2

that's the way it is bigtree Jun 2015 #8

I'm sorry for your distress. Hope you have family and friends close by KittyWampus Jun 2015 #3

thanks, Kitty. I'll be fine bigtree Jun 2015 #4

That's pretty much what bothers me, too. malthaussen Jun 2015 #5

yep, mal bigtree Jun 2015 #7

For a lot of years, I didn't understand the need for validation. malthaussen Jun 2015 #10

that's a very discerning point bigtree Jun 2015 #11

When the children of privilege realize that equality is not a gift... malthaussen Jun 2015 #15

I wasn't around on DU for this OP then heaven05 Jun 2015 #19

it's truly a generational struggle, heaven05 bigtree Jun 2015 #34

+1 daleanime Jun 2015 #12

k&r prayin4rain Jun 2015 #6

Where can we be safe? Where can we be free? Where can we be black? riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #9

heartbreaking, indeed, riderinthestorm bigtree Jun 2015 #35

thank you for heaven05 Jun 2015 #13

Excellent post. I have a feeling that this attack was meant to be a message to all black people. jwirr Jun 2015 #14

Rhodesia was the 60's-70's so there is some very long and old time hate on his shirt . lunasun Jun 2015 #17

Exactly. jwirr Jun 2015 #18

fortunately, jwirr, we're much more complex that this shooter might have imagined bigtree Jun 2015 #36

Oh, yes his actions are going to backfire on him. And it will make the hate and racism jwirr Jun 2015 #40

"my acceptance here will always be an open question for some,"....i had hoped it would be different lunasun Jun 2015 #16

aint it the truth, lunasun? bigtree Jun 2015 #33

"Where can we be safe? Where can we be free? Where can we be black?" awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #20

I have a very heavy heart today also, bigtree. brer cat Jun 2015 #21

we'll regain our security bigtree Jun 2015 #37

((With you, dearest bigtree)) blm Jun 2015 #22

thanks, blm bigtree Jun 2015 #25

One of the women killed was sister of someone I know here in NC. blm Jun 2015 #28

You okay, bigtree? This is just so staggeringly horrible. calimary Jun 2015 #23

yea, I'm fine, calimary. Thanks for asking, though. bigtree Jun 2015 #24

In your second paragraph - a most interesting note. calimary Jun 2015 #26

Beware the day they change their mind bigtree Jun 2015 #27

Indeed. We all have a common enemy. Let's not forget that! calimary Jun 2015 #30

(((bigtree))) Solly Mack Jun 2015 #29

Solly Mack bigtree Jun 2015 #38

These types of heartless mass shootings never really go away for me. Jamastiene Jun 2015 #31

hey, Jamastiene bigtree Jun 2015 #32

Oh, bigtree. mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #39

we're on the same page, mnhtnbb bigtree Jun 2015 #41