Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"But I also know we, as a nation, are not ready. No one ever is. Because when these things need to be said is when the vast majority of people are not ready to hear them. We forget how many people thought civil rights marchers were 'too angry' or the Martin Luther King was 'too radical.' We forget how many people thought the suffragettes may have 'had a point' but 'antagonized people' by pushing the conversation in an 'unladylike' way and being 'too confrontational.' Because the things that need to be said, openly and honestly, are very painful and require us to peel back layers of defensiveness.

"And so many people will not hear what was said today. They will hear only what they imagine is a rebuke. They will focus on trivial details. Addressing not what was said but how it was said or when it was said. They will find one word or phrase that proves . . . PROVES . . . whatever it is they believe it proves and shall build it into an impenetrable fortress."

-- osewalrus, 2013-07-19

[The whole thing isn't very long, and the rest is worth reading too. Click on through.]