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In reply to the discussion: Zimmy the Pinhead [View all]coeur_de_lion
(3,687 posts)H I'm sure you aren't reading this anymore. We've talked about how DU has become negative since the old days and there are more naysayers now than people who want to uplift.
I count you among those who want to lift us up, and who don't want to take the most negative view of any situation.
There is no doubt that 90% of the members of DU are heartsick and devastated by this verdict. I'm one of them.
But this is what I choose to believe. I choose to believe that this verdict will result in a turning point for racial justice and that ultimately, the state I live in and love so much will right it's wrongs.
In 2012 I was sure that Obama would lose Florida. I knew he would. But thousands of people stood on line for 8 to 12 hours to vote and when all the votes were (finally) counted Florida was blue.
I was shocked, I was thrilled, and so honored that the people of my state (many from Trayvon's home county, Miami Dade) stood up to voter suppression and won it for Obama.
Now somehow or other, we will win it for Trayvon. I know we will. I may be the lone voice saying it but I know that the outrage we are feeling now will cause people to set the wheels in motion to take back our state, just like we did in 2012.
I didn't know where else to post this. You may never see it. Nor anyone else. But I refuse to believe there will never be justice for Trayvon. There may not be a perfect storybook happy ending but there will be ultimate justice in Florida, somehow. Peaceful Justice.
That's all I have to say about that.