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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Profound Speech Since We Lost MLK [View all]sheshe2
(83,355 posts)104. Thank you dear, Me.
Goddess. I dayum near cried hearing his words.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Selma, Alabama
2:17 P.M. CST
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, President Obama!
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you know I love you back. (Applause.)
It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes.
Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning 50 years ago and made his way to Brown Chapel, heroics were not on his mind. A day like this was not on his mind. Young folks with bedrolls and backpacks were milling about. Veterans of the movement trained newcomers in the tactics of non-violence; the right way to protect yourself when attacked. A doctor described what tear gas does to the body, while marchers scribbled down instructions for contacting their loved ones. The air was thick with doubt, anticipation and fear. And they comforted themselves with the final verse of the final hymn they sung:
No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you;
Lean, weary one, upon His breast, God will take care of you.
And then, his knapsack stocked with an apple, a toothbrush, and a book on government -- all you need for a night behind bars -- John Lewis led them out of the church on a mission to change America.
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Selma is such a place. In one afternoon 50 years ago, so much of our turbulent history -- the stain of slavery and anguish of civil war; the yoke of segregation and tyranny of Jim Crow; the death of four little girls in Birmingham; and the dream of a Baptist preacher -- all that history met on this bridge.
It was not a clash of armies, but a clash of wills; a contest to determine the true meaning of America. And because of men and women like John Lewis, Joseph Lowery, Hosea Williams, Amelia Boynton, Diane Nash, Ralph Abernathy, C.T. Vivian, Andrew Young, Fred Shuttlesworth, Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr., and so many others, the idea of a just America and a fair America, an inclusive America, and a generous America -- that idea ultimately triumphed.
https://thedailybanter.com/2015/03/07/president-obamas-full-selma-50th-anniversary-speech-prepared-delivery/
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Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Profound Speech Since We Lost MLK [View all]
Uncle Joe
Jun 2019
OP
How could this speech be better than Sanders clarion call to primary President Obama?
grantcart
Jun 2019
#37
"The tyranny of capitalist oligarchy" may sound 'old' but it is the absolute truth.
pangaia
Jun 2019
#42
There is a lot of slightly disturbing delusional thinking in this thread.
BannonsLiver
Jun 2019
#142
" Bernie Sanders Delivered the Most Profound Speech Since We Lost MLK"
SouthernProgressive
Jun 2019
#17
Like Sander's supporters didn't care that Sirota wrote articles attacking other candidates,
KitSileya
Jun 2019
#146
Wow. The rancor is palpable here. I don't get it frankly. Yeah, maybe the article overstated the
KPN
Jun 2019
#26
I have heard Congressman John Lewis tell his "preaching to chickens" story four times in person
Gothmog
Jun 2019
#92
It's exhausting. Trying so hard to equate BS with the likes of MLK is a sure sign of desperation.
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2019
#81
And this kind of insulting, bone-headed rhetoric from his supporters is a primary reason why.
EffieBlack
Jun 2019
#98
Uncle Joe, I appreciate your sincerity, courtesy, and advocacy for Bernie's proposals.
Grasswire2
Jun 2019
#83
I was thinking something similar, "profound" isn't necessarily a positive description.
George II
Jun 2019
#90
Even after what happened at She the People, Bernie still appears to think that
betsuni
Jun 2019
#107
Sigh. Labeling a speech profound doesn't make it profound. It was little more than his standard
highplainsdem
Jun 2019
#116
MLK never met FDR, and BS never met MLK. They only happened to be about a half mile apart...
George II
Jun 2019
#119
The future has judged - aside from a guy who works for the BS campaign who said that and....
George II
Jun 2019
#132