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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Lewis, in the words of Charlie Pierce:
JOHN LEWIS IS STILL ALIVE
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a30360401/john-lewis-diagnosed-pancreatic-cancer/
Let none of us write his epitaph, now or whenever. Lets not make a marble idol to our own consciences out of him. He is a beloved figure now, but he wasnt a beloved figure to the people who tried to beat him to death. He is reckoned to be a figure of conciliation now, but hes also still the young man whose proposed speech at the March on Washington was so fierce that the organizers took him asidein a room under Lincolns backside, he always jokesand told him to tone it down. He is a man who speaks often about the beloved community, but also someone who has demonstrated by his actions that he knows that the beloved community exists in a place that has to be seized and held, that it is not anyones easy birthright. His demands are still unmet, his sacrifices still unexpiated. John Lewis is still alive, dammit, and that should be enough for now.
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John Lewis, in the words of Charlie Pierce: (Original Post)
volstork
Dec 2019
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dhill926
(16,355 posts)1. K & R...
bdamomma
(63,922 posts)2. K&R
nt
tblue37
(65,487 posts)4. Big K&R. nt
albacore
(2,406 posts)5. A wounded lion is STILL a lion....nt
Hekate
(90,793 posts)6. AMEN Charlie Pierce