...And We Speak of Progress?

My Portal (aka Matt) asked me tonight if I wanted to see this article. My first response was no... That it just made me sad. That I'd prefer to be oblivious.

But it got the wheels turning. Not to mention my stomach.

Feds Disrupt Alleged Plot Targeting Obama
Washington -- Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to
go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people
and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.

Associated Press ~ Click here for full article

I know I can't sit here and justifiably assume that these two men represent more than themselves alone. That they plotted alone and they alone hold such hatred in their hearts.

I know I can't justifiably say that this will be the last time we hear the media print this headline.

I can't even say I'm shocked. I can't say I'm surprised. ...All it took was a tint of skin for the past to rear its ugly head. And we dare echo that sacred sentiment? Of having a dream?

Perhaps it is only a small, even minute, portion of our population that still believes one man is entitled to certain rights over another. Perhaps. But it only takes one.

And it only takes a moment to shift our "progress" to 40-years removed.

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