MLK

Some people may get the impression that perhaps I don't really like the President of the United States too much. I may have, from time to time, let it be known that he isn't at the top of my list for best presidents and such. I try not to broadcast my feelings too often on this subject....HA! Pardon my French, or don't, he is a cock sucking asshole douche canoe of the worst kind. Despite his declarations to the contrary, he's also a racist, a sexual predator, a misogynist and a moronic narcissist. And the bastard has access to nukes. What's not to like?

I wonder what Dr King would think of Drumph were he alive today? Would that middle finger be more prominent? Joined by his other hand? I think despite the progress that has been made in the struggle for equality MLk would be saddened and angered, not only because an obvious unqualified  person sits in the oval office, but because there are far too many people giving tacit approval to that stupid Cheeto.

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, 

but the silence of our friends."

I've said it before, Drumph is bad enough, his enablers are just as bad if not worse. There is honour in being the loyal opposition, which used to stand for providing reasonable alternatives and keeping the government in check. But in these divided times it means tagging your opponent with "gotcha politics" and getting some for yourself. The morons in Congress will use the phrase "my friends across the aisle" when they couldn't act any more like enemies if they tried. Thunder Dome is coming. Proclaiming to act in the interest of regular average folks than turning a blind eye to daily, even hourly, douche baggery because you want to keep yours is simply inexcusable...or it should be.

But I'm not going to use this moment to talk about them at length, this was context. Because I think the world needs another Dr King. Desperately so. Someone with the moral conviction and fortitude to stand up not only for the people with the same skin colour but for all that equality has forsaken. Someone to rally behind as a unifier and peace maker. Resolutely preaching love and justice.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Millions upon millions of people around the world feel the same way, but we lack a focal point, a sacrificial lamb if you will, that can actually rally the world to address the issues that really should be the ones that matter. Social injustice in all its forms - poverty, discrimination, abuse of power, blind greed, racism, sexism....and the list sadly goes on. 

There will be opposition of course. People don't like change and they, if they live in comfort, do not want to lose what they have. And the all mighty dollar will be there to ensure that progress is doled out as it sees fit, through ignorance or through malice, ensuring that the status quo remains. Worse still are the sheep of the world...those unquestioning followers that eagerly eat up the pablum spewed out by the powers that be in the incredible belief that they will, somehow, benefit from the table scraps.

“There is nothing more dangerous in all the world than 

sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

And as if by design, Pride by U2 has just begun to play on the radio. An anthem to MLK himself and to the ideals he stood for. I think that they stand as important today as they did 40 plus years ago. With Bono's soaring vocals and Edge's ringing guitar as medium, the message is simple....love!

The work of people like Dr King will never actually end, there will always be injustice to fight, but it seems to me we have gone backwards this past year. Drumph and his ilk have changed the equation to allow for the hatred to be spread openly. What was once reserved for the dark corners is now front and centre, marching with tiki torches and khaki pants, emboldened by that idiot into believing that they have a god given right to be number one and to Make America White Again.

Dr King had a dream. As a father, as a man, as a human sharing this place today...I hope for it as well.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day 

live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, 

but by the content of their character."

Read the entire text of his moving speech at The March on Washington here I Have a Dream

Ciao
D