Reply #35: No, not shaming anyone. But like MLK, expressing [View All]

a different viewpoint when the subject arises. I think it's a good thing that those who found the celebratory, party atmosphere towards the news disturbing, expressed their feelings. Most simply stated that they were uncomfortable with the reaction. That is what MLK did, he expressed his own opinion on why we should not seek revenge and retaliation, but find other ways to resolve our problems. Some people who heard him probably were led to think a bit more deeply about their own anger. If they did not have another viewpoint to consider, then there would no other way for them to act.

I have to say that now that I've talked to other people in RL, no one I spoke to, Democrat, Republican or otherwise, was in the mood to celebrate, most were just sad about the state of the world and all the killing and wars and torture and violence. So, maybe it is just a minority who still think that revenge is what we should be looking for and celebrating.

But, MLK was a dreamer. Maybe we will never reach his level of development as a species. If so, I suppose we will eventually make ourselves extinct ~ and if that is the way it is to be, and sometimes I think it is, then what can we do about it except to at least try to delay it a bit?