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Show The American Mind VoicesPast And Present summer, no one seems to have a workable deterrent to prevent similar sim-ilar happenings in the immediate months ahead. Carmichael has said, "Violence is as American as cherry pie." Is he wrong? Few condemn the inner violence, violence symbolized and personified personi-fied casually every day. The Bonnie Bon-nie and Clyde airline advertisement advertise-ment which directly follode a national na-tional TV news program closing with the final words of Martin Luther Lu-ther King's Wednesday night speech. The Denver radio station that announced it would be covering cover-ing the Nobel Peace Prize Winner's memorial services and then went into a rousing message about speedcar Assassination II that would be vying for honors at the local track. The little colored boy fitted with military uniform and gun to help white National Guardsmen his neighborhood. The ' crowd that yells, B-L, B-Ln" O-O-D, BLOOD from the Si1 sidelines. The boxer who de knockout blow and is cheered Daily we live .with, accept' courage and buy violence. ' longer condone it when "h 1 out of hand." ' With this for a background who have a stake in society j are saying that violence is a ref' ! ation of the non-violent Dr ; True. But how does anyone e-vincingly e-vincingly say to a black man, , violence must be given a chan.l work," after he has seen the bodiment of that philosophy n' lessly killed? Those who look upon rioters ticipating in violence as anii should remember that this socie like animals, is bred with the a malcy of violence. I Reprinted From The Colorado Daily Years ago this country heard a politician advocate a return to normalcy." nor-malcy." They liked what they heard. By now Americans should have cause enough to wonder if normalcy norm-alcy is best for this nation. Individuals Indi-viduals this country pays lip service serv-ice to, individuals Americans follow, fol-low, and individuals this nation dismisses dis-misses as fanatics have been saying say-ing for some while that our basic attitudes are hindering this land. Who are some of these people and what are they saying? Presidential candidate Dick Greg-cry Greg-cry says this country is "morally polluted." Black Power advocate Stokley Carmichael says this nation is full of white racism. The Hippies and the Yippies say we must abandon all of our living patterns. The New Left says, "This country is sick, man." And evangelist Billy Graham says, we have turned away from God. From Dick Gregory to Billy Graham. Gra-ham. These people see a sickness in our normalcy. All the good Americans Am-ericans dislike the outward show of violence that has now reached 85 of our cities. All deplored the seemingly seem-ingly less understandable lawlessness lawless-ness that gutted many urban areas last summer. And besides seeding the clouds over every city to drown out any possibility of a long hot |
