If someone tells you your protest is "divisive," just remember they said the same thing to Gandhi, to Martin Luther King Jr., and to Jesus.

Oct 15, 2017 · 9:51 AM UTC

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How to respond to #Imwithher Bernie bashers?
Of course he did! That was his life!
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1/ To break from status quo, is divisive per se. The issue is of jurisprudence; slavery was 'legal' but not 'just,' it violates the
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2/ "spirit of the law." Take th 'Dreamers' -- there is a law in place, but is it 'just' to punish them for a decision they didn't make?
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3/ If u protest in their favor, u may be divisive, but u may also be just, & that was th proposition meant by
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4/ founders -- "...with liberty & justice for all." Yes, we're supposed to be a nation of laws, but they are meant to be 'just' laws.
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you could also tell them we dont live in North Korea or Russia, its our duty to protest abuses and corruption!
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Does that mean all protests are righteous like Gandhi, MLK and Jesus?
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8 mil Jehovah Witnesses don't salute flag, Amish, Quakers. One black man respectfully kneels all hell breaks loose.
To some degree this is true, but our message needs to be to churches to get in gear, not constantly bashing & expecting gov't to do all.
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