Death Penalty
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Death Penalty
Death Penalty
However, as he further reasoned, the turn to “some kind of traditional armed deterrent” would too easily lead to a reversal of power wherein the movement community would end up embracing the same dehumanizing practices characteristic of white supremacy. he could not accept violence as an inevitable or legitimate option. When love is negotiated in a way that preserves a place for hatred, hated proves all-consuming;: “the brothers and sisters would turn the hate reserved for the enemy on the other brothers and sisters, the band would be broken, the ‘beloved community’ would become just like the worlds we fought and south to change. We would have nothing to offer any man or woman and nothing would change, whether we were defeated or we were victorious. To abandon nonviolence was to pen the way for fear and hate and to lose love; it was to lose the Movement.”
However, as he further reasoned, the turn to “some kind of traditional armed deterrent” would too easily lead to a reversal of power wherein the movement community would end up embracing the same dehumanizing practices characteristic of white supremacy. he could not accept violence as an inevitable or legitimate option. When love is negotiated in a way that preserves a place for hatred, hated proves all-consuming;: “the brothers and sisters would turn the hate reserved for the enemy on the other brothers and sisters, the band would be broken, the ‘beloved community’ would become just like the worlds we fought and south to change. We would have nothing to offer any man or woman and nothing would change, whether we were defeated or we were victorious. To abandon nonviolence was to pen the way for fear and hate and to lose love; it was to lose the Movement.”
Biased Punishment
Biased Punishment
“I do not remember how or when, but by the time I had learned that God is love, that Jesus is His Son and came to give us more abundant life, that all men are brothers with a common Father, I also knew that I was better than a Negro, that all black folks have their place and must be kept in it, that a terrifying disaster would befall the South if ever I treated a Negro as my social equal.” - Page 116-117
“I do not remember how or when, but by the time I had learned that God is love, that Jesus is His Son and came to give us more abundant life, that all men are brothers with a common Father, I also knew that I was better than a Negro, that all black folks have their place and must be kept in it, that a terrifying disaster would befall the South if ever I treated a Negro as my social equal.” - Page 116-117
“These families did not lose their homes as a result of the tornado’s aftermath, he concluded; they were victims of a social system that was not willing either to protect them or provide them with equal treatment.” - Page 118
“These families did not lose their homes as a result of the tornado’s aftermath, he concluded; they were victims of a social system that was not willing either to protect them or provide them with equal treatment.” - Page 118
The Moral Dilema
The Moral Dilema
Should Manning Vote based on Gut or popular opinion?
Should Manning Vote based on Gut or popular opinion?
As King understood the Gospel message, becoming a new creation required leaving the old behind, turning away form the familiar and crossing over to the “everything new.” If that means rejection, ridicule, and persecuting, them that’s what it takes. If that means anarchy and madness, then that’s what it takes. If that means breaking the hearts of the mother and father who raised you, then that’s what it takes.” -Page 146
As King understood the Gospel message, becoming a new creation required leaving the old behind, turning away form the familiar and crossing over to the “everything new.” If that means rejection, ridicule, and persecuting, them that’s what it takes. If that means anarchy and madness, then that’s what it takes. If that means breaking the hearts of the mother and father who raised you, then that’s what it takes.” -Page 146
I make the case that King would be against the Death Penalty due to its racial preference for the Marginalized. The Death Penalty represents violence negating violence.
I make the case that King would be against the Death Penalty due to its racial preference for the Marginalized. The Death Penalty represents violence negating violence.