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If there’s no justice in America, you can’t have domestic tranquility either
If you’re upset about the riots and looting — maybe “clutch your pearls less“, and support efforts to reform our justice system now.
“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty”
— Thomas Jefferson
We’ve tried to peacefully protest. We’ve tried to silently protest. We’ve written letters, voted in elections, donated to causes and politicians; and we’ve boycotted products and services. We’ve created unions and non-profits; organized movements, and did everything humanly possible to eliminate injustice, improve society, save lives, and protect the environment.
And yet things have not been getting significantly better for decades. In fact, almost all of the reasons that have created enough outrage for people to protest about, have become worse today than when we first protested them.
It’s been 65 years since Rosa Parks resisted bus segregation. The reasons she resisted have still not been heard, reasonably addressed, or resolved. Peaceful protesting did not accomplish the goals of her protest because minorities are still dealing with these systemic racial injustices.
