Politics and sports have intertwined with each other for decades and centuries. One example is that Jackie Robinson used politics and social activism to be the first MLB African American player of the modern era. Robinson publicly spoke out against Jim Crow apartheid and desired freedom for black people. Kelly Leoffler's effort is to assume that mixing politics and sports will create some permanent divisive situation. She is refuted by the fact that Bill Russell stood up for civil rights and was a basketball coach during the 1960's in order to promote social change. Muhammad Ali stood up against the Vietnam War in order to promote justice. Muhammad Ali also was right to say that black people should respect their own black identity and honor black women. Colin Kaepernick knelled during the national anthem to address police brutality and racial injustice. A military veteran inspired Kaepernick to do his heroic protest. He payed a price for his actions, but his actions caused many changes in the 21st century atmosphere involving awareness on social justice issues. That is why many WNBA players in Atlanta and nationwide are wearing T-Shirts with the name of "Vote Warnock" in order to advance a more inclusive, progressive society. Kelly doesn't want sports and politics to mix, but her whole campaign is about limiting the free speech rights of WNBA players to stand up for black human lives. Lebron James disagreeing with Trump's views is certainly the right thing to do. Leoffler is wrong to assume that since we disagree with her, we want her to be shut down (on what she called "cancel culture"). We don't want her to be shut down. We want her to wake up and realize that justice for all means for all. Also, many voters legitimately want Rev. Warnock to represent the Georgia seat in an ever changing, more progressive Georgia comes about.
Today is 75 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the end of World War II. Ever since I was very young, I disagreed with both bombings as not only unnecessary but an activity of criminal war crimes. The bombings ripped the flesh out of men, women, and children. Descendants of the survivors have radiation issues and birth defects. Unparalleled emotional turmoil existed among the victims of the blasts. Whole civilian infrastructures were utterly destroyed, but some people glory in this overtly evil act. The Enola Gay was the first plane that sent that bomb to Hiroshima. The Manhattan Project caused atomic weaponry to be developed by America. When Trump bragged about creating a new weapon over in the Mountain West, Soviet leader Stalin already knew this (as his agents were in America spying on the Manhattan Project). That bomb had a force of 15-20 kilotons of TNT. 80,000 people died instantly at Hiroshima.
That bombing of Nagasaki killed 40,000 people outright. I'm glad that the Axis Powers were defeated. It is always great to witness the Nazis and other Axis Powers people being defeated militarily. People have to realize that WWII was the bloodiest war in human history with about 70 million people losing their lives. The lie from Truman was that both bombings were necessary in order to win the war as quickly as possibly. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Admiral William Leahy, General Henry Arnold admitted that the bombings were unnecessary and that Japan was on the verge of defeat. The 1946 US Strategic Bombing Survey concluded that the bombings were unnecessary as Japan was ready to surrender. So, we are reminded on this real history, so the future can be better than the past.
In the final analysis, people want to move forward. Trump represents a bygone era of overt racial hatred and division. While we oppose Confederate flags, Trump is in favor of Confederate flags and Confederate statues. While Trump claims to believe in God, he admits in public that he doesn't asks God for forgiveness. Trump saying that the coronavirus will just disappear soon is false. That is why Facebook and Twitter deleted many of his comments on those issues. New York attorney general filed a lawsuit against the NRA leadership over violating laws governing non-profit groups, using millions of its reverses for personal use including tax fraud. We know that Deutsche Bank gave Donald Trump's financial records to New York prosecutors. This came after the Manhattan DA promoted a bank subpoena. News are coming out how how some fascist networks have infiltrated some German police forces. Many of these extremists have threatened social democrats like Saskia Esken, left wing artists, immigrants, politicians journalists, and lawyers. Unfortunately, fascism didn't end in 1945. Far right fascist networks are not only in Germany. They are in America too. During WWII, the fascist Nazis (in opposition to the principles of solidarity and social democratic rights) murdered Jewish people, communists, socialists, progressives, black people, and other human beings. Fascism is wrong, because fascism teaches the lie that private corporations have supremacy over the individual and collective power of the community. Fascism is also wrong, because it readily embraces racism and xenophobia instead of the equality for the human race. Therefore, regardless of one's color, we should have equal treatment and we have equal dignity from God. In our time especially, we will continue to endorse the proposition that the eradication of injustice is a true aspiration to pursue wholeheartedly.
A lot of history has been made in Missouri now. The progressive leader Cori Bush won her Democratic primary against the incumbent named William Lacy Clay. Missouri is a Midwestern state with a long history of racism, police brutality, economic inequality, and Jim Crow apartheid. Yet, it also has a history of dedicated activists spanning decades who desire a better system of justice to exist triumphantly. The land of Missouri is made up of tons of hopeful human beings who desire that land of America to be reconstructed in the image of righteousness and diligent justice. Cori Bush was a protester in Ferguson, Missouri during the aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown. Cori Bush is a nurse and pastor. Missouri voters voted for Medicaid expansion which would give 250,000 Missourians access to health care. This great, historic news proves to us that advancing the general welfare and helping your neighbor makes perfect sense in developing the common good. Even the Preamble to the Constitution cites one duty of government is to promote the general welfare to society. Missouri and other states are standing up for the democratic rights that our ancestors sacrificed their lives for. The victory for Cori Bush is a victory for all of us, and Congratulations to Cori Bush.
By Timothy
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