Thanks, Andy. Ever since you went for the gold, we dumbfucks was wonderinâ 'bout your ⌠priorities.
Can I lick you finger? Maybe find the wind?
A few are unlovable little brats, but a lot of groups in the modern society that protest against something have there share of unlovable little brats. Even my favorite causes have their share of them. To pretend otherwise is absurd.
Sure, no group of people is uniformly loveable. However, this reeks of âget off my lawnâ-ism. These entitled young folks complaining about the system we oldsters already fixed, and all thatâŚ
Well looks like Andrew Young has traded his wingtips for flip flops. Cowardly and sad.
Very disappointing.
I believe this is why young people often reject the âwisdomâ and earlier experience of Civil Rights leaders of yesteryearâŚSome of those leaders have clearly forgotten where they came from, or want to see their contribution with undying veneration, like we were all stuck in time. Young people making new waves need to be offered support, even if it is tempered somewhat to fit the times with a new sense of caution. Many elderly civil rights leaders want the younger generation to never forget the sacrifices that were made presumably on their behalfâŚHowever, I think Andrew Young is stuck in a time warp personally. Perhaps he needs to pull out the old photo albums and newspaper clippings to refresh his memory on police brutality during his younger days, and try to find ways to draw parallels, not veer off onto right angles.
Very off-putting remark.
âAn individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the lawâ â Martin Luther King Jr.
Weâve been sanitizing Dr. Kingâs activism for waaay too long. Time to get real. Including from the people that later helped sanitize his legacy to some degree, like Andy Young.
You know, heâs an elderly Black man whoâs suffering from a combination of âget off my lawnâ ism to a sense of being disrespected by young Black activists who he sees as whiny. Somehow, he sees the justified anger of young (and old) Blacks today pale in comparison to what he and others experienced in the '50âs and '60âs.
Shame. This isnât what the Black community needs right now. I have my issues with some in the BLM circle however I would NEVER deny that the future lies with them. Not with people who were old back when I was a kid in the '60âs. And I agree with you about âsanitizingâ Kingâs past achievements and legacy.
I am confused about a question of identity.
I thought Andrew Young was killed in a plane crash over the former Yugoslavia many years ago.
Who am I thinking of?
This guy perhaps:
This divide is generational, and is the reason a lot of older Democrats and older civil rights leaders will never understand either Bernieâs appeal or the appeal of Black Lives Matter. When, like Andy Young, you have already achieved success, it is sometimes hard to realize that the folks coming along behind you need their own voices, and have their own issues. That they are different doesnât make them wrong. That they are young and full of fire doesnât make them brats.
That wasnât an âover emotionalâ response. It was a complete lapse of reason.
He may have been trying to make a valid point â namely, that you have to listen to protestersâ arguments even if theyâre made in impolite language and the protestors get all up in your face. But if that was his intent, ironically his way of expressing it completely trashed what might have been the content of his remarks.