Glenn Beck is NOT Martin Luther King Jr.! (631 hits)
August 28th is an important day in American history. On that day, forty-seven years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" at the Lincoln Memorial. His message gave voice to the voiceless and his vision promoted a just, equal, diverse and compassionate country.
This year, a very different message is going to be spread from the very ground on which King once stood. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin will hold a rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
The racist, raging and hate-filled tenor of Beck, Palin and the Tea Party movement is in direct contrast to the noble vision of Dr. King. We cannot sit idly by and let King's vision and legacy be hijacked for political purposes.
Dr. King once declared that "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter".
We will not be silent on this matter. Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's struggle for a just and equal America.
Joining us in this effort are our friends at Alternet, Credo, Celebrate the Dream, Campaign for America's Future, Media Matters for America, True Majority, PowerPAC and Progress Now.
Let's stand together as a collective voice against those who wish to hijack history.
Yours, Robert Greenwald and the Brave New Foundation team
Thanks Sister Jen! I have signed the petition. These really do work, and thank God we have the web as a means to counter those like Beck.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 at 9:58AM
Steve Williams
Thanks guys for the comments and as you have stated Brother Steve the internet is a valuable tool as well as the petitions. Thanks for signing.
And Brother Clark you are so on point with the brillant contrast of Beck w/ Palin and MLK w/Mahalia. There is just no way that Beck's hatred can ever be seen as something other than what it is~~ crap and loads of it~~ Thanks for signing and passing the petition along. As Brother Steve stated, the petitions really work.
