In celebration, I'm going to Phoenix with some of my friends. Wanna tag along?
So, lemme get this straight: A man dedicates his life to the practice of non-violence to turn on the conscience of a nation. Not everybody honors his legacy. And here's a song by people who say that they'll honor his legacy by threatening the life of ignorant law-makers.Only in America.
Turn a cheek. You just might save a life.
I don't know the song but it's typical of our society, isn't it? Fighting ignorance with violence, fighting violence with stupidity, fighting stupidity with stupidity.
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yep. and i'm more or less a Public Enemy fan. i agree that the public officials that have neglected this honor for African-Americans (though i believe it's really for all americans. for when one of us is in slavery, all of us are in bonds) is guilty of extreme ignorance and prejudice, but i think the tactic's wrong.
ReplyDeletethen again, i realize my own knee-jerk reaction to ignorance. it doesn't honor King or the King of Kings.
but then there's the boondock's episode on King coming back...
don't get me started on that.