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Lifer
Again tonight we have seen still another loss that should have been an easy win.
Hyde-Smith won Mississippi senate race over Mike Espy. And that doesn't make any logical sense, not to northerns....
Being black in the south still carries a lot of stigma, especially if one is black and desires to run for political office.
What is amazing or should be amazing is that after all we have went thru during the 1960's i.e. LBJ and civil rights, Martin Luther King and that vision of the promised land on the hill, we still have a lot of work to do in the south.
And it is truly sad that so many still believe, or apparently believe, that they are still today fighting that civil war.
With this loss in Mississippi and the losses of this past midterm concerning minority candidates and especially black minority candidates in the south, that things have not progressed as one might had hope they would.
At least when it concerns the southern states.
I feel bad for MLK and civil rights and yes even for the good intentions of president LBJ.
Not necessarily misguided intensions per se, but that city on the hill MLK spoke of appears to be a much higher climb than even Mr King might have realized back then.
And I don't know what the answer is....
If Martin Luther King were alive today, we can only imagine his take on things.
Seeing this regression back to the past, a past that most people had believed died off long long ago.
Apparently, not the case.
The bigotry and hate was never eliminated by the passing of time, and that bigotry and hate still very much alive and well.
That same bigotry and hate which can be passed down from generation to generation. At least when it comes to the south....
Add in the mix a president like Donald Trump, who energies and enables those like David Duke and the likes of.
America foolishly believe laws and time would heal old wounds and change hearts, but obviously overcoming the hate is much more a challenge than we thought.
With considering the 1960's were so long ago and many here not even yet born, I guess the passing of bigotry and hate has no limits.
Today, once again, it's all about confederate flags, confederate monuments, the ALT-RIGHT, about clan members we thought had long died off,
the murder of blacks by the very authority put in place to protect them, a justice system much like that of the 1950's deep south, and it goes on and on.
Just when we thought progress has been made and all of that nasty past driven away, up pops its nasty head once again.
As if the passing of time, and newly created laws, and the changing of hearts made no difference. No difference at all.
Some may say this thinking a bit extreme, and the situation not as bad at painted, but then with one instance and only one instance it all comes rushing back.
We have no Martin Luther King to set us straight and guide our path.
Nor do we have a president, which is painfully obviously.
People believe our country has made a lot of progress, but really have we?
When push comes to shove, have we as a nation not remained in stuck the past?
Where it takes only one event to return us back to the days of the 50's and 60's?
All that hate and all the bigotry hiding in the shadows just ready to pounce once again.
Where are we to look for guidance?
Surely, not from the top. Not from our elected commander and chief.
True, we did have Obama. But what did that get us? Only the energizing of the hate and the bigotry.
Well, so it now seems....
The midterms were in part a huge victory for democrats and for the northern states, but the line is still there and quite visible.
The line between the northern states and those southern states. Exactly as was the case back in the 50's and 60's.
And watching the hatred and bigotry passed down from generation to generation, from the old to the young, well... I see little hope.
We thought we could over-come. I don't see a lot of over-coming these days.
And especially since that 2016 election cycle.
I see only a constant and continuing battle of hearts and minds. A battle neither side can win.
It so it goes on and on and on....
Some talk about a devision of the west from the rest of the country. Making California a country of its own.
I say that focus is misguided.
Maybe what we need is some form of devision, but not west from east, rather south from north.
Let them have their confederacy, their flags, their civil war heroes, their segregation, their bigotry and their hate.
Maybe that is the solution?
I don't know... just saying.
Just stating the obvious.
And pointing out where we stand today as a nation of devision.
I don't get it. I never will.
And as a nation, why we are continually plagued by all of this it's truly sad.
Hyde-Smith won Mississippi senate race over Mike Espy. And that doesn't make any logical sense, not to northerns....
Being black in the south still carries a lot of stigma, especially if one is black and desires to run for political office.
What is amazing or should be amazing is that after all we have went thru during the 1960's i.e. LBJ and civil rights, Martin Luther King and that vision of the promised land on the hill, we still have a lot of work to do in the south.
And it is truly sad that so many still believe, or apparently believe, that they are still today fighting that civil war.
With this loss in Mississippi and the losses of this past midterm concerning minority candidates and especially black minority candidates in the south, that things have not progressed as one might had hope they would.
At least when it concerns the southern states.
I feel bad for MLK and civil rights and yes even for the good intentions of president LBJ.
Not necessarily misguided intensions per se, but that city on the hill MLK spoke of appears to be a much higher climb than even Mr King might have realized back then.
And I don't know what the answer is....
If Martin Luther King were alive today, we can only imagine his take on things.
Seeing this regression back to the past, a past that most people had believed died off long long ago.
Apparently, not the case.
The bigotry and hate was never eliminated by the passing of time, and that bigotry and hate still very much alive and well.
That same bigotry and hate which can be passed down from generation to generation. At least when it comes to the south....
Add in the mix a president like Donald Trump, who energies and enables those like David Duke and the likes of.
America foolishly believe laws and time would heal old wounds and change hearts, but obviously overcoming the hate is much more a challenge than we thought.
With considering the 1960's were so long ago and many here not even yet born, I guess the passing of bigotry and hate has no limits.
Today, once again, it's all about confederate flags, confederate monuments, the ALT-RIGHT, about clan members we thought had long died off,
the murder of blacks by the very authority put in place to protect them, a justice system much like that of the 1950's deep south, and it goes on and on.
Just when we thought progress has been made and all of that nasty past driven away, up pops its nasty head once again.
As if the passing of time, and newly created laws, and the changing of hearts made no difference. No difference at all.
Some may say this thinking a bit extreme, and the situation not as bad at painted, but then with one instance and only one instance it all comes rushing back.
We have no Martin Luther King to set us straight and guide our path.
Nor do we have a president, which is painfully obviously.
People believe our country has made a lot of progress, but really have we?
When push comes to shove, have we as a nation not remained in stuck the past?
Where it takes only one event to return us back to the days of the 50's and 60's?
All that hate and all the bigotry hiding in the shadows just ready to pounce once again.
Where are we to look for guidance?
Surely, not from the top. Not from our elected commander and chief.
True, we did have Obama. But what did that get us? Only the energizing of the hate and the bigotry.
Well, so it now seems....
The midterms were in part a huge victory for democrats and for the northern states, but the line is still there and quite visible.
The line between the northern states and those southern states. Exactly as was the case back in the 50's and 60's.
And watching the hatred and bigotry passed down from generation to generation, from the old to the young, well... I see little hope.
We thought we could over-come. I don't see a lot of over-coming these days.
And especially since that 2016 election cycle.
I see only a constant and continuing battle of hearts and minds. A battle neither side can win.
It so it goes on and on and on....
Some talk about a devision of the west from the rest of the country. Making California a country of its own.
I say that focus is misguided.
Maybe what we need is some form of devision, but not west from east, rather south from north.
Let them have their confederacy, their flags, their civil war heroes, their segregation, their bigotry and their hate.
Maybe that is the solution?
I don't know... just saying.
Just stating the obvious.
And pointing out where we stand today as a nation of devision.
I don't get it. I never will.
And as a nation, why we are continually plagued by all of this it's truly sad.
