I'm not sure where I should post this............ here for now, I guess.
A simple explanation on WHY I post here, why I risk angering other BB fans, or annoying the commissioner in one of my favorite progressives..........???
WHY I bother arguing to no purpose with guys like Moy or Alt3 or Dougout,etc.??
A Credo
For the times we live in.
I will not be like the ostrich with my head stuck in the sand, oblivious to the issues around me and the challenges we all face. I am privileged to be able to do what I do, live with the music of life I get to share—but, as has often been said, with that privilege comes responsibility. I join in these observations by these others who have walked before me:
“There is no more neutrality in the world. You either have to be part of the solution or you’re going to be part of the problem.” Eldridge Cleaver.
“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” Lily Tomlin.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Desmond Tutu.
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing.” John Stuart Mills.
paraphrasing Willie Nelson when I find out who "they" Is, I'll kill that son of a ***** on the spot!
I paraphrase the words of Voltaire, “Let us not be guilty of the good things we did not do.”
I am a Free Man. I won’t be silent. I will strive to make a difference. I will stand for those who cannot. I will speak for those whose voices are not heard. I will. Persevere in speaking truth to ignorance.
Finally, it seems that many of the opinions from the other side I end up disagreeing with are of Jewish heritage........ which particularly baffles me when it comes to the failure to see what support of this current POTUS appears like to a student of history, like me. So I end my credo with this prescient quote....... from a Lutheran Pastor (IF I remember right!)
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." (Martin Neimuller)
Please---------- fellow citizens.
Think clearly, examine issues deeply, search for REAL truth, and most importantly..............
Walk in Beauty.
Simple steps cloaked in truth.
Beacon it!
6/29/2018 5:32 PM (edited)