[Vision2020] Edgar Killian and Mississippi Justice

[Donovan Arnold]

"You can be a Freedom Rider without making the journey
to Mississippi -  all you need is some backbone and a
healthy dollop of moral outrage."

Ms. Huskey, I really hope you are not comparing those
that challenge the zoning codes of NSA or tax status
of buildings to those that risked, and in some cases
gave, their lives to bring democracy to the south.
That would be a serious injustice to those young men
and women to compare yourself to them.

Being a freedom rider involved more than sitting on
your ass in the comfort of your living room and
bitching about someone in your community.

When you get beaten up side the head a few times with
brass knuckles and a baseball bat, or had your
property destroyed, then you can come talk to me about
how you sacrificed and fought against bigotry and
hatred. Until then, you are just a legend in your own
mind and those that have never really sacrificed
anything but words and some discretionary spending for
a cause. 

If you think Doug Wilson is a bigot and threat to
society, you live in a very tiny protected world.

Donovan J Arnold 





--- DonaldH675 at aol.com wrote:

> Visionaries:
>  
> The Edgar Killian trial in Philadelphia  Mississippi
> has brought back a lot 
> of bad memories. Killian, a  KKK member and preacher
> was the man who planned 
> the killing of three  civil rights workers in
> Philadelphia 41 years ago 
> tomorrow.  As I listened  to the prosecutor's
> closing argument, I had great hope that 
> things had  changed in that little Mississippi town
> over the past 41 years.   
> That was, apparently, a false hope.  After just
> three hours of  deliberation, 
> the jury has declared that they are hung 6-6. 
> Fortunately,  the judge refused 
> to accept that non-verdict and has directed the jury
> to return  tomorrow for 
> more deliberations.
>  
> Of course bigotry is not limited to Mississippi as
> we  have come to know in 
> Moscow.  And, speaking of Doug Wilson,  his favorite
> neo-confederate group, the 
> League of the South, is  discussed on the MSNBC link
> below.
> _http://www.nhpeas.ang.af.mil/hro/eeo/_ 
> (http://www.nhpeas.ang.af.mil/hro/eeo/) 
>  
> Moscow has its own unique connection with the LOS.  
> Doug Wilson has invited 
> his close friend, Steve Wilkins, an LOS founding 
> member (who still sits on 
> the Board of Directors), to once again  visit Moscow
> as a principal speaker at 
> the Trinity Festival.  I  guess Doug can't get
> enough of that hog fat, 
> corn-pone  twaddle....
>  
> On a more positive note, please do something to
> honor  Andrew Goodman, 
> Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney tomorrow on the
> anniversary  of their murders.  
> Speak out loudly and publicly against bigotry and 
> racism. Challenge the 
> people and institutions who continue to justify it, 
> right here in our own town.  
> You can be a Freedom Rider without making the 
> journey to Mississippi -  all 
> you need is some backbone and a healthy  dollop of
> moral outrage.  
>  
> As we PBR fans like to say,  It's time to "Cowboy 
> (or Cowgirl) Up Moscow!
>  
> Rose  Huskey
> >
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