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In reply to the discussion: Please don't get upset or worked up about the Supreme Court taking these cases [View all]H2O Man
(73,524 posts)In my early life, I learned to not trust anyone. It was from the teachings of Malcolm X that as a poor kid from a rural small farm that this began to shift. Malcolm taught the advantages of placing people on a scale of zero to one hundred, per how much you can safely trust them. He noted that it isn't safe to trust anyone -- not even your self -- 100%. But that there are some that are zeroes.
Now, my experience with public officials is pretty close to that of the individuals I met with as a forensic mental health worker. Much of that "public" experience came by way of my work with Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and with Onondaga Chief Paul Waterman. Not all of those experiences were positive -- that's for sure!
Some times, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Likewise, under certain circumstances, even bad people can do the right thing. I'm hoping that is the case here.