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sheshe2

(84,072 posts) Mon Jun 1, 2015, 07:42 PM Jun 2015

John Lewis~ "There is no place for violence in a civilized society."

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Elena Margo Gould "Civilized" must mean there is justice, compassion, and freedom.

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John Lewis

WASHINGTON — John Lewis rubs the scar, still visible on his forehead, from the blow of a nightstick as Alabama state troopers assaulted the civil-rights marchers he was leading across the Edmund Pettus Bridge a half-century ago.

"I don't pay it too much attention, but it just reminds me that some of us gave a little blood on that bridge to redeem the soul of America, to make America better," the Georgia congressman says, recalling the day known as Bloody Sunday. "I thought I was going to die on that bridge. I thought it was the last nonviolent protest (of my life), but somehow and some way, I'm still here."

And he sees race as a factor in former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's comment last week that Obama "doesn't love America" in the same way previous presidents have. "Ever since he's been president, people (have been) trying to take something from him that he's not American, that he was not born here," Lewis says in his distinctive slow, deep cadence. "But we must keep in mind that the scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in American society. We have a distance to go. We aren't there yet."

More http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/24/capital-download-john-lewis-selma-50th-anniversary/23935047/

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Selma

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Two men that I admire for their grace and dignity under fire. They have an inner strength that we could only dream to possess. They bear "the scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in American society." Yet they keep moving forward.

They keep us moving forward.One step at a time.

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John Lewis~ "There is no place for violence in a civilized society." (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 2015 OP

"some of us gave a little blood on that bridge to redeem the soul of America" napkinz Jun 2015 #1

It figures......... sheshe2 Jun 2015 #2

and the GOP is set on reversing all those gains made in the 1960s napkinz Jun 2015 #3

Absolutely sheshe2 Jun 2015 #4

K&R for now, she.. thank you for John Lewis! Cha Jun 2015 #5

A great message from two great guys. William769 Jun 2015 #6

I love you. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #8

I'm glad somebody does. William769 Jun 2015 #10

Well how could anyone not love you? sheshe2 Jun 2015 #12

Another from those days, a tireless worker: freshwest Jun 2015 #7

So much emotion. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #11

Thank you madokie Jun 2015 #9

Me as well madokie. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #13

My wife who counts herself a Democrat was unaware of John Lewis until we watched Selma. gordianot Jun 2015 #14

I admire Representative Lewis a lot more now. Major Hogwash Jun 2015 #15

Giuliani sheshe2 Jun 2015 #18

Since violence is regrettably sometimes an unavoidable necessity Fumesucker Jun 2015 #16

kick! napkinz Jun 2015 #17

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

1. "some of us gave a little blood on that bridge to redeem the soul of America"

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:05 PM

Jun 2015

to which Scalia and the Supreme Court, in gutting the Voting Rights Act, paid "tribute" ...

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)

2. It figures.........

Reply to napkinz (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:15 PM

Jun 2015

That picture is from the Boston Herald.

Lol. Ya we have our own RW newspaper here.

Scalia

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

3. and the GOP is set on reversing all those gains made in the 1960s

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:18 PM

Jun 2015

They want to take the country back ... to Jim Crow.

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)

4. Absolutely

Reply to napkinz (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:22 PM

Jun 2015

Effing A Perfect!

napkinz~

Cha

(298,077 posts)

5. K&R for now, she.. thank you for John Lewis!

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 08:53 PM

Jun 2015

William769

(55,150 posts)

6. A great message from two great guys.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:17 PM

Jun 2015

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)

8. I love you.

Reply to William769 (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:21 PM

Jun 2015

Thank you William.

William769

(55,150 posts)

10. I'm glad somebody does.

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:22 PM

Jun 2015

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)

12. Well how could anyone not love you?

Reply to William769 (Reply #10)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:00 PM

Jun 2015

You are so kind and generous.

You get angry at the bigotry and filthy hatred? Yes, so do I.

There is a lot of that here.

Ssssh, it is okay, we have each others backs,

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

7. Another from those days, a tireless worker:

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:17 PM

Jun 2015

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)

11. So much emotion.

Reply to freshwest (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:28 PM

Jun 2015

Tears of joy.

That night will be with me forever. I cried, I danced and I felt a gentle calm come over me. I knew he was going to win. I did. I knew.

freshwest.

madokie

(51,076 posts)

9. Thank you

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:21 PM

Jun 2015

it brings tears to my old eyes to read this but read it I must, I will, I did.

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)

13. Me as well madokie.

Reply to madokie (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:36 AM

Jun 2015

Thanks, love you.

gordianot

(15,259 posts)

14. My wife who counts herself a Democrat was unaware of John Lewis until we watched Selma.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 02:43 AM

Jun 2015

One of the greatest Representatives ever in the history of the Republic. I would rate him at the top of the list and wish he were my Representative.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)

15. I admire Representative Lewis a lot more now.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 03:47 AM

Jun 2015

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For your information, Giuliani posed in a bikini just last week.
So much for his legacy.

What Giuliani said about President Obama was just a desperate act by a failed neocon; one who is quickly fading into the misty background of history.
One of the things that Rudy will be remembered for was the famous comment made about him in 2007 by Vice President Joe Biden --

Giuliani is probably the most under qualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency.
Rudy Giuliani - there's only three things he (needs) to make a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11.

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)

18. Giuliani

Reply to Major Hogwash (Reply #15)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:17 PM

Jun 2015

Posed in a bikini? Dear goddess, you just made my brain freeze with that image. Make it go away!

You are right about him fading away. He will be known as the man that used a tragedy for his own political gain.

Rudy Giuliani - there's only three things he to make a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11.

Giuliani is the one that does not love his country very much.

Good to see you, Major~

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

16. Since violence is regrettably sometimes an unavoidable necessity

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 04:09 AM

Jun 2015

Could it be said that the most civilized society is that society which operates with the least violence possible in any given situation?

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

17. kick!

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 09:33 AM

Jun 2015

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