The biggest threat to American Democracy is not Valdimir Putin, or China. Nor is it Covid and its constantly changing variants, or even Global Climate Change for that matter.

            The most dangerous threat to the United States and many countries around the world is the rise of militant Right-wing Supremacy.

            Donald J. Trump is responsible for giving voice to an undercurrent of individuals filled with hatred who harbor that thought process.

            Let us not forget, people have a right to believe what they want. If we disagree, let us reach out in love and share why we believe differently.

            The problem are those individuals filled with so much hatred, they will stop at nothing, including the killing of innocent people who stand in their way.

            The question confronting us today is this – What are we going to do about it?

            Martin Luther King, Jr. was right when he said, “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”

            A word of warning: Be careful if you think fighting fire with fire will work.

            According to Dr. King, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

            Dr. King believed in this process; so did Gandhi . . . and so do I.

            Let us come together as we move forward, following in the footsteps of Dr. King who said, “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”