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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 08:40 PM Jan 2023

"Our world is not divided by race, color, gender or religion. Our world is divided into wise people

and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion.” ---Mohamad Safa ( often erroneously attributed to Nelson Mandela )

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"Our world is not divided by race, color, gender or religion. Our world is divided into wise people (Original Post) Atticus Jan 2023 OP
Truly profound! 👍 phoenix75 Jan 2023 #1
brilliant! Takket Jan 2023 #2
That should be the message we Democrats use during the 2024 election cycle. Enter stage left Jan 2023 #3
Good idea! housecat Jan 2023 #6
Why wait until then? We should be promoting it now. wnylib Jan 2023 #16
Thank you. niyad Jan 2023 #4
That's a keeper. Thanks Atticus housecat Jan 2023 #5
the truth... thanks! bluboid Jan 2023 #7
Seems to me that trying to divide the world into wise people and fools is just another form of Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #8
Without fools there would be no wisdom. I just don't want them running my government. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #9
Good quote! calimary Jan 2023 #10
like it republianmushroom Jan 2023 #11
Americans.... 90-percent Jan 2023 #12
... markie Jan 2023 #13
There is a greater darkness than the one we fight... ThoughtCriminal Jan 2023 #14
I would say narcissists/ sociopaths I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2023 #15
wow that is good Skittles Jan 2023 #17
Both are true. intheflow Jan 2023 #18
 

Just A Box Of Rain

(5,104 posts)
8. Seems to me that trying to divide the world into wise people and fools is just another form of
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 09:53 PM
Jan 2023

divisionism.

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
12. Americans....
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 10:35 PM
Jan 2023

"Americans behave as if intelligence was some kind of hideous deformity." Frank Zappa, IQ 172


-90% Jimmy

ThoughtCriminal

(14,049 posts)
14. There is a greater darkness than the one we fight...
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 10:45 PM
Jan 2023

“There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender." - G'Kar (Babylon -5)

intheflow

(28,504 posts)
18. Both are true.
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 10:43 AM
Jan 2023

Our world is indeed divided by race, color, gender, and religion. It does no service to humanity to pretend otherwise; or, to put it another way, this is the "colorblind" mentality that enabled so many white liberals to believe that we were post-racial when Obama was elected.

It is also true that the world is divided between the wise and the foolish, and the foolish promote division by weaponizing race, color, gender, and religion.

When we see diversity, we see individuals and cohorts as they are, and celebrate that diversity. This inclusive, "color-full" mentality is what brings strength and unity to the left, it is the quality that makes us wise.

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