"IF THERE IS NO STRUGGLE, THERE IS NO PROGRESS."

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Permalink Reply by Anne Robertson on August 3, 2011 at 6:47pm

Exactly true, nothing will change until THEY get the message that there is a limit as to what we will put up with.  So far they keep pushing the boundaries and nothing happens, so they push further.   How much does it take until people can absolutely tolerate not one other wrong?

 

What holds us back from acting, I'm afraid, is ourselves.  Some of us INSIST, despite all the evidence, that our representatives are working hard for us and deserve our respect. 

 

There is no evidence that supports that ridiculous belief.  Not only must we overcome THEM, we must deal also with the blinded ones among us.

 

They look upon those of us who are restless and unwilling to abide the injustice that grows by the hour as tyrannists inciting insurrection.   In their eyes, WE are the problem.

 

That knowledge, the betrayal by our own, is the thing that wears on me the most and makes me wonder of change can ever be accomplished.

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Permalink Reply by Leslie Schmidt on August 4, 2011 at 8:33am

Anne,  I also wonder if the Founding Fathers and Patriots like Frederick Douglass had similar feelings.  They had to rise above their contemporaries and strive for their dream of a better world.  I'm sure there was resistance.  I'm sure there was scorn.  I'm sure there were nights they laid in bed and wondered if it was all worth it. 

 

We may not be making the huge strides in policy and public awareness like we want.  But we are making a difference.  We have to keep up the fight no matter how much the media tries to tell us our efforts are futile.  We have to keep up the fight because we don't; no one else will!

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