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delisen

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21. I think the movement must come together before the leader is chosen

Reply to everyonematters (Reply #17)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 06:26 PM

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Unfortunately we do not seem to have sufficiently come together yet.
We all need to build the movement.

MLK, Jr. did not wake up one morning and say, “ I think I will start a Civil Rights movement.” That movement was already well underway throughout the south and elsewhere.
We need to move beyond the shock, depression, commiseration stage and build the vision and begin acting in unison to save our country.

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