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rpannier

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29. She favors passing it, but will not make necessary changes to the rules
Thu Jan 13, 2022, 08:55 PM
Jan 2022

She is the very example of the white moderate described by MLK Jr 60 years ago in his letter from a Birmingham jail of 16 April 1963

I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that the present tension in the South is a necessary phase of the transition from an obnoxious negative peace, in which the Negro passively accepted his unjust plight, to a substantive and positive peace, in which all men will respect the dignity and worth of human personality. Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.

I wonder why I keep thinking about a special place in hell Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #1
That's a very Cha Jan 2022 #51
Yes I cleaned it up quite a bit for public consumption. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #53
lol.. I know very well how Cha Jan 2022 #54
Joe Manchin is lying about Sinema's speech today, the same as the media. Everyone needs to listen to True Blue American Jan 2022 #2
I agree that she's for passing the bill Polybius Jan 2022 #3
Yes onecaliberal Jan 2022 #4
So she doesn't Rebl2 Jan 2022 #22
She understands perfectly. She just thinks her constituents are stupid. onecaliberal Jan 2022 #25
Exactly right. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #52
She's speaking idealistically AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2022 #8
In the real world the GOP is never going to step up. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #35
It's hard to give a damn EndlessWire Jan 2022 #41
the world were repukes are actually responsible doesn't exist. Javaman Jan 2022 #48
They aren't going to end the filibuster just do a "carve out." PortTack Jan 2022 #11
They are not looking to end the filibuster just do a carve out and then go back to the Bev54 Jan 2022 #14
*'Pre-empting a presidential visit to the Capitol to meet privately with Democrats, elleng Jan 2022 #5
Foster growing division, is it? It is too late - I'd say the division is already irreparable. PatrickforB Jan 2022 #20
She favors passing it, but will not make necessary changes to the rules rpannier Jan 2022 #29
She's using the coward's way out BradAllison Jan 2022 #36
Why does this remind me of Joe Lieberman? gab13by13 Jan 2022 #6
Why did Schumer talk this strategy up if there had been no progress with Manchin and Sinema? brooklynite Jan 2022 #7
Can there be one of those weird late-night maneuvers that Schumer uses AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2022 #9
JMHO he holding te vote because it's one thing for a senator to stomp their feet and say no PortTack Jan 2022 #12
I keep reading about how she's doomed..... brooklynite Jan 2022 #13
I don't think the Dems in Ariz will ever forget her. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #34
I hope they have a really good dem to primary her. Bev54 Jan 2022 #15
Me too Rebl2 Jan 2022 #23
I'm sure Justice Democrats will find a challenger... brooklynite Jan 2022 #37
Let me know when there are laws making it harder for wealthy white New Yorkers to vote. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2022 #43
Well, Arizona has a longer early voting period than New York... brooklynite Jan 2022 #44
Nina Turner sez "It's time for Biden to gas up his jet" go to WV and AZ oasis Jan 2022 #50
I may be wrong but watching what is taking place True Blue American Jan 2022 #46
This seems to place Sinema and Manchin in opposition to democracy and Democratic? ShazamIam Jan 2022 #10
Post removed Post removed Jan 2022 #16
This is a game for them. n/t MontanaMama Jan 2022 #17
*%#% them both... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #18
Me too. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #33
I have to confess a degree of personal disgust with both Manchin and Sinema. PatrickforB Jan 2022 #19
Totally agree. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #32
But... Rob H. Jan 2022 #21
White Supremacy. Cobalt Violet Jan 2022 #24
Make them vote against the Voting Rights Act. Period. BlueIdaho Jan 2022 #26
I doubt that will work. Moebym Jan 2022 #27
Not if they really vote on Voting Rights kansasobama Jan 2022 #28
Do it anyway. They must stand by their miserable words. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #31
You're assuming the rest of the Dems will line up for a lost cause vote. Calista241 Jan 2022 #39
No, I'm assuming doing something is better than doing nothing BlueIdaho Jan 2022 #49
That is what I have been saying, True Blue American Jan 2022 #47
These two are on the wrong side of history. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #30
Two peas in the same oily pod. jcmaine72 Jan 2022 #38
Minority rule is a crime! pfitz59 Jan 2022 #40
senators are the only ones who have a right to vote Marthe48 Jan 2022 #42
modern day -" BONNEY & CLYDE " !! monkeyman1 Jan 2022 #45
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