excerpt: Loving Your Enemies–November 17 1957
(from mlkonline.net)
Theres another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually think of what hate does for the individual hated or the individuals hated or the groups hated. But it is even more tragic, it is even more ruinous and injurious to the individual who hates. You just begin hating somebody, and you will begin to do irrational things. You cant see straight when you hate. You cant walk straight when you hate. You cant stand upright. Your vision is distorted. There is nothing more tragic than to see an individual whose heart is filled with hate. He comes to the point that he becomes a pathological case. For the person who hates, you can stand up and see a person and that person can be beautiful, and you will call them ugly. For the person who hates, the beautiful becomes ugly and the ugly becomes beautiful. For the person who hates, the good becomes bad and the bad becomes good. For the person who hates, the true becomes false and the false becomes true. Thats what hate does. You cant see right. The symbol of objectivity is lost. Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater.
i hope that those who wish to represent the african-american community will remember the entire message of dr. king, and not just pick out the lines that agree with their message. i also hope that they will embrace suggestions for reform of the current system that will further advance the process of elevating the quality of life for everyone.
michelle malkin says what i was going to say, only quite a bit better.
other food for thought available (as always) at california conservative here and here.
ask yourself how well equality is being achieved by allowing african-americans to believe that they are not capable of achievement on their own terms. sometimes those who want to champion that cause are doing it more harm than good by the message they are sending.
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