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Dan Rather speaks truth to injustice
Last edited Wed Nov 23, 2016, 08:49 AM - Edit history (1)
Please follow link, this is what news used to be like. Well worth the read!Americans stand on the edge of a precipice. Now is the time to stand up and be counted, says famed journalist Dan Rather. His inspiring message warns that people cannot afford to remain silent now, and Rather’s moving words of hope and action went viral.
The journalist whose show, Dan Rather’s America is on Sirius XM, says the problem goes beyond party or policy and reaches down to the fundamentals of our democracy:
"History will demand to know which side were you on. This is not a question of politics or party or even policy. This is a question about the very fundamentals of our beautiful experiment in a pluralistic democracy ruled by law."
"When I see neo-Nazis raise their hands in terrifying solute, in public, in our nation’s capital, I shudder in horror. When I see that action mildly rebuked by a boilerplate statement from the President-elect whom these bigots have praised, the anger in me grows. And when I see some in a pliant press turn that mild statement into what they call a denunciation I cannot hold back any longer."
"We set up institutions like a free press and an independent court system to protect our fragile rights. We have survived through bloody spasms of a Civil War and a Civil Rights Movement to extend more of these rights to more of our citizens. But the direction of our ship of state has not always been one of progress."
"We are a great nation. We have survived deep challenges in our past. We can and will do so again. But we cannot be afraid to speak and act to ensure the future we want for our children and grandchildren."
The journalist whose show, Dan Rather’s America is on Sirius XM, says the problem goes beyond party or policy and reaches down to the fundamentals of our democracy:
"History will demand to know which side were you on. This is not a question of politics or party or even policy. This is a question about the very fundamentals of our beautiful experiment in a pluralistic democracy ruled by law."
"When I see neo-Nazis raise their hands in terrifying solute, in public, in our nation’s capital, I shudder in horror. When I see that action mildly rebuked by a boilerplate statement from the President-elect whom these bigots have praised, the anger in me grows. And when I see some in a pliant press turn that mild statement into what they call a denunciation I cannot hold back any longer."
"We set up institutions like a free press and an independent court system to protect our fragile rights. We have survived through bloody spasms of a Civil War and a Civil Rights Movement to extend more of these rights to more of our citizens. But the direction of our ship of state has not always been one of progress."
"We are a great nation. We have survived deep challenges in our past. We can and will do so again. But we cannot be afraid to speak and act to ensure the future we want for our children and grandchildren."
http://www.bipartisanreport.com/2016/11/22/breaking-dan-rather-drops-big-donald-trump-announcement-details/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Normally, the losing side in the presidential election frets about the country’s future, and the press gives the winner some latitude. But Rather says that these are not normal times. The problem is not “about tax policy, health care, or education – even though all those and more are so important.” Instead the problem is far deeper: “racism, bigotry, intimidation and the specter of corruption.”
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