“Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.” Hate cannot drive out hate, but it can drive out love. That’s what it did in Memphis, 1968, with a bullet through the Lorraine Motel. People love to wrap themselves in warm blankets of complicity with cherry-picked MLK quotes. It’s bypassing—shielding us from reality and absolving us of action. The reality is that
My least-favorite MLK quote 👎
My least-favorite MLK quote 👎
My least-favorite MLK quote 👎
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.” Hate cannot drive out hate, but it can drive out love. That’s what it did in Memphis, 1968, with a bullet through the Lorraine Motel. People love to wrap themselves in warm blankets of complicity with cherry-picked MLK quotes. It’s bypassing—shielding us from reality and absolving us of action. The reality is that