Martin Luther King was a very insightful, profound, and special man. I posted MLK’s quotes to accompany this blog because his words are so poignant, so meaningfully timeless, and so critically important right now, in this very moment… in this time.
As a country, we are terribly divided. This is nothing new. America has always been divided. There’s always been the double standards and unspoken privileges. However, the difference nowadays is that people wear their hatred boldly… proudly even… as if the law doesn’t apply to them, and they say whatever they want about whoever they want.
Today, politicians are name calling bullies that lean into hateful behavior. Respect, dignity and grace are gone, a thing of the past. Presidential behavior, what is that? Have you really listened to what is being said by these wannabe leaders? I mean really listened? Everyday, I hear something more absurd, even more alarming than the day before. This shit show called politics makes me sick to my stomach.
I, myself, can no longer remain silent. Never have been silent really… However, I haven’t vented since the last blog I wrote during the Colin Kaepernick era. When there was all this BS because of his protest of Police brutality. Now everyone KNOWS how warranted Colin’s protest was and still is. Black & brown people continue to die senselessly at the hands of those that are supposed to protect and serve. To my point… Sonya Massey, most recently. When will it change? Not in my lifetime. The system is broken. It has to be torn apart and rebuilt. I can only hope and pray that change will come in my grandchildren’s lifetime.
Unfortunately, out of control law enforcement is just the beginning of our worries.
Women no longer have the right to control our own bodies. Women must live in fear of being persecuted if she miscarries. As if miscarriage in itself is not devastating enough. Women live in fear of not receiving the appropriate care because the law dictates what can and cannot be done. A woman’s right to decide what is best for herself, personally, no longer exists.
Add to all this, the fact that America is threatened to be under a dictatorship where POTUS is granted immunity of prosecution no matter what treacherous acts are committed. (Heaven help us! 🙏🏽)
In the words of MLK… “OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER”.
Fellow Americans, it is time. Speak up. Let your voice be heard. Vote in November. PLEASE. VOTE on the side of sanity. And we all know what side that is. 🇺🇸
Peace & Love,
VMJ
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