After Storm Over Tweets, The Times and a New Hire Part Ways
Something she had to say about herself...<p>&quot;For those of you honestly concerned. I don&#x27;t support weev, that&#x27;s not given in how I define friendship. I believe white folks should engage with the racists in their life … and I believe all people are redeemable, and &quot;all people&quot; is all people.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s an admirable perspective.<p>She is clearly not racist or anything else herself. She is a casualty of the reactionary zeitgeist.<p>Lest we all forget the words of one of the greatest Americans in history, Martin Luther King Jr., here is a portion of his speech from Dexter Baptist Church delivered in Montgomery Alabama in 1957:<p>&quot;So I want to turn your attention to this subject: &quot;Loving Your Enemies.&quot; It’s so basic to me because it is a part of my basic philosophical and theological orientation—the whole idea of love, the whole philosophy of love. In the fifth chapter of the gospel as recorded by Saint Matthew, we read these very arresting words flowing from the lips of our Lord and Master: &quot;Ye have heard that it has been said, ‘Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.’ But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.&quot;<p>Certainly these are great words, words lifted to cosmic proportions. And over the centuries, many persons have argued that this is an extremely difficult command. Many would go so far as to say that it just isn’t possible to move out into the actual practice of this glorious command. They would go on to say that this is just additional proof that Jesus was an impractical idealist who never quite came down to earth. So the arguments abound. But far from being an impractical idealist, Jesus has become the practical realist. The words of this text glitter in our eyes with a new urgency. Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this command is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes, it is love that will save our world and our civilization, love even for enemies.&quot;