If Clementa Pinckney Had Lived

[niemand88f]

A terrible loss

[hopecounts]

so true and so sad.

[NewOrleans]

Oh my.

[NewOrleans]

Seems like a good place to add this, haunting.

Somewhat darkly, Pinckney acknowledged in his 2013 homily that the fight for racial justice in the United States, and in South Carolina, has not been without bloodshed. “Sometimes you have to make noise to do that. Sometimes, you maybe have to die… Sometimes you have to march, struggle, and be unpopular to do that,” Pinckney said.

As he closed his sermon to fellow members of the cloth, Pinckney urged his colleagues to embrace a social justice-minded approach to religious leadership, saying, “Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation, but we are part of the life and community in which our congregation resides. And so, many have made great strides. And we’ve encouraged others to do so. And even now, even though you are here, we don’t like to see our church as a museum, but as still a place of change, and still a place where we can hopefully change and work on the hearts and minds and spirits of all people.”

[iammalcolmx]

Between this and the young guy who took the bullet for his aunt, I am so done.