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| In memory of Heather Heyer 1985-2017 |
The death of Heather Heyer in neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville continues to weigh on my mind and on the country.
Well, dt said something at last, two days late, after tweeting angrily today against Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier the moment he announced his decision to leave the prez's American Manufacturing Council.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/346457-merck-stock-spike-after-ceo-leaves-trump-council-over-charlottesville
Thanks to my friend Sharon for sending me this quote:
“President Lyndon Baines Johnson once argued, ‘If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket.
Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.’”
Sharon points out that LBJ knew that in supporting civil rights he would lose the South for the Democrats--perhaps forever. "And yes, he did both," she reminds us.
As a therapist, she then reflects on our apparent common need to find someone to look down upon.
She also sent me this link on the First Amendment protecting hateful speech but not death threats--and further distinctions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/07/no-theres-no-hate-speech-exception-to-the-first-amendment/?utm_term=.5969b100c28e
It's so good to have friends to share our grief and introspection over the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville and elsewhere.
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