To paraphrase the "Peace Prayer" of St. Francis "Be an instrument of Peace, where there is Hatred, BE Loving". Today such an aspiration is considered being WOKE, another pejorative of the hate-mongers, and much more venomous than PC (politically correct). If being WOKE makes me an object of their hate, then, like FDR "I welcome their hat…
To paraphrase the "Peace Prayer" of St. Francis "Be an instrument of Peace, where there is Hatred,
BE Loving". Today such an aspiration is considered being WOKE, another pejorative of the hate-mongers, and much more venomous than PC (politically correct). If being WOKE makes me an object of their hate, then, like FDR "I welcome their hatred." It assures me that I'm on the right path.
In support of Marc S's comment, "The Gettysburg Address" should be the daily secular prayer of every Democracy-loving American reminding us that this is not the first time Democracy has hung in the balance and that we must continue "to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which the gave the last full measure of devotion."
Thom, I suggest putting a link to "The Gettysburg Address" to your daily "Report" so that your readers can read and meditate daily on this most important, perhaps inspired, speech by any American.
To paraphrase the "Peace Prayer" of St. Francis "Be an instrument of Peace, where there is Hatred,
BE Loving". Today such an aspiration is considered being WOKE, another pejorative of the hate-mongers, and much more venomous than PC (politically correct). If being WOKE makes me an object of their hate, then, like FDR "I welcome their hatred." It assures me that I'm on the right path.
In support of Marc S's comment, "The Gettysburg Address" should be the daily secular prayer of every Democracy-loving American reminding us that this is not the first time Democracy has hung in the balance and that we must continue "to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which the gave the last full measure of devotion."
Thom, I suggest putting a link to "The Gettysburg Address" to your daily "Report" so that your readers can read and meditate daily on this most important, perhaps inspired, speech by any American.