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To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.
-Edwin Markham
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Edwin Markham
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.
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Well, let's take what people think is a dignified death. christ - was that a dignified death? do you think it's dignified to hang from wood with nails through your hands and feet bleeding, hang for three or four days slowly dying, with people jabbing spears into your side, and people jeering you? do you think that's dignified? not by a long shot. had christ died in my van with people around him who loved him, the way it was, it would be far more dignified. in my rusty van.
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With the establishment of a relationship of oppression, violence has already begun. never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. how could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence? how could they be the sponsors of something objective whose objective inauguration called forth their existence as oppressed? there would be no oppressed had there been no prior of violence to establish their subjugation.
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Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. you don't need anything else.
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