Wednesday, July 22, 2020

John Lewis!


I know John Lewis (American-Ga) died last weekend so its already old news. But as The Thumb Breaker in Chief releases his goons on various Democratically led cities to beat Moms and veterans and anybody who gets in their way one must remember that John Lewis faced these types of bullies and thugs in uniforms 55 years ago. Lewis suffered no fools and was not silent about demanding his equal rights. Not asking politely like most white people seem to demand, Lewis didnt give a shit about waiting his turn. He demanded that the words of the Founding Fathers be applied NOW and not in due time. To John Lewis, due time was 188 years prior when they first wrote down all men are created equal.

I loved John Lewis. If I had picked one living person to meet it would have been John Lewis. Not some athlete or musician or even a President but this tiny Congressman who had his skull cracked on the Edmund Pettis Bridge and never let it stop him. Lewis fought and fought and never gave up. He walked through Tea Party rabble back in the good old days of Obama and was called the N bomb, he refused to attend inaugurations of George W Bush and of The Fascist in Chief stating neither was legitimately elected, he was arrested 40 times, and received the Medal of Freedom from an actual President not a Medal of Freedom from a fellow fascist as the disgraceful Rush Limbaugh received for being a bigot.

John Lewis is gone. But John Lewis' memory and deeds are never gone. Once they rename the Edmund Pettis Bridge after John Lewis, I want to walk over it with pride. Like John Lewis did.

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