Dr. King's great insight: Embracing peace, and disavowing violence, wins in the long run

[american_ideals]

At this time, let's remember that nonviolent resistance is a foundational principle of tolerance and civil rights.

Martin Luther King:

http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_nonviolent_resistance/

As a theologian, Martin Luther King reflected often on his understanding of nonviolence. He described his own ‘‘pilgrimage to nonviolence’’ in his first book, Stride Toward Freedom, and in subsequent books and articles. ‘‘True pacifism,’’ or ‘‘nonviolent resistance,’’ King wrote, is ‘‘a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love’’ (King, Stride, 80). Both ‘‘morally and practically’’ committed to nonviolence, King believed that ‘‘the Christian doctrine of love operating through the Gandhian method of nonviolence was one of the most potent weapons available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom’’ (King, Stride, 79; Papers 5:422).

[democrank]

1. Been thinking of this all day.

Nonviolent resistance, no matter how difficult it may be under certain circumstances, is the only way. We must advocate for this courageous principle so WE don't become THEM.

[sharedvalues]

3. This is it. Nonviolence makes us different

Tolerance. Stronger together. Shared values for ALL Americans.
This is who we are.

The neo Nazis cannot rise to that standard. All they have is hate and aggression.

[american_ideals]

2. Reposted: images of peaceful resistance