A brilliant editorial piece by my friend Jonathan McConnell. Please read, comment and if you feel so inclined, share. "...as an essential component to the evolution of any of our basic human values that aspire for greater liberty and harmony, we need the extremists to galvanize the moderates out of their complacency. That is the value of FEMEN. You can disagree with their tactics but ultimately not their goals and it is up to you to mobilize an alternative. Martin Luther King’s popular moderate views on civil rights benefited in a large part from Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam’s militant stance. People who did not want to resort to violence had to pick a side because there was an emerging voice in the black community that was saying enough is enough, “by any means necessary” which scared the crap out of people. These two voices, which were at odds with each other, were in the end complimentary in the overall success of the movement"
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:17:40 +0000
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