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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Lewis today on The View - very moving
It's not that I've never seen him tell his story before, but for some reason it was especially moving today. He was in an extremely sober mood. Somber, even.
I think Whoopi asked him if how he dealt with his anger, and hatred after being beaten like that.
As most people probably know, MLK, Jr preached love, not hatred and fear. And Lewis was eloquent on the subject. He related that MLK said hatred is too big a burden to carry.
But what I wrote down and wanted to share here is this, which he said is his philosophy. It's so succinct, so precise, such a clear and unambiguous statement of priorities that I had to adopt it as my own (and I think I'll go add it to my signature line):
When you see something that's not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to DO something.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)He is the backbone for the other spineless cowards that make up the party leadership.
Maybe he will be kicked out like Franken was, since he has some integrity.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)than the trump, pence, kushner, ryan and mcconnell families combined in their lifetimes.