After what happened Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, there’s been a great deal of discussion about President Trump’s tepid response to the violence which left at least three people dead and injured many others. Trump has yet to call the actions of alleged murderer James Alex Fields Jr. domestic terrorism, even though dozens of Congressional Republicans have.
If there was ever a time we needed compassion, reason, and sanity from our head of state, it’s now. Which is why what former President Obama posted on his Twitter feed Saturday evening is the perfect salve for our broken hearts:
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…" pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017
"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love…"
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017
"…For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." – Nelson Mandela
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017
If anyone had reason to hate, it was Nelson Mandela. But he refused to. Instead, he sought to forgive and reconcile with those who had imprisoned him for 27 years just because he opposed the racist system of apartheid.
In the days ahead, we can all hope that President Trump will condemn the alt-right/neo-Nazis who were behind the violence in Virginia. Should he refuse to, then we will have yet another example of why he is unfit to be president.
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