On April 3, 1968 Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. spoke:
“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would love to live a long life; longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do god’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land! So I’m happy tonight, I’m not worried about anything! I’m not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!”
A day later he was assassinated.
Today his birthday is a national holiday and we have elected our first black president.
On November 18, 1978 San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Harvey Milk said:
“I cannot prevent some people from feeling angry and frustrated and mad in response to my death, but I hope they will take the frustration and madness and instead of demonstrating or anything of that type, I would hope that they would take the power and I would hope that five, ten, a hundred, a thousand would rise. I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out, stand up, and let the world know. That would do more to end prejudice overnight than anybody could imagine. I urge them to do that, urge them to come out. Only that way will we start to achieve our rights, … All I ask is for the movement to continue, and if a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door…”
Nine days later Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Muscone were assassinated.
Since then we have elected thousands of gays and most of our population is protected by gay and trans inclusive human rights laws.
On June 14, 2025 Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, husband Mark, and their Golden Retriever Gilbert were assassinated. The same assassin wounded Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.
In his deluded mind the assassin thinks he is single handedly changing the course of history. In reality history teaches us that the assassin is the rear guard of decadent and dying totalitarian regimes. Fascism’s strongest weapon is fear and fascism dies when we deny it authority.
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