JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for April 04, 2021

Gotta say… didn’t see that coming — especially since that day predates me — but… that one hits hard.

I knew this year felt different…no wonder I didn’t want to really celebrate

:-(

Ouch! Wow! Very effective, Robb!

Wow! Powerful statement there.

I had to google this (I am not from the USA). Bittersweet indeed.

Wow. Didn’t expect that.

For those who don’t know, this is the anniversary of MLK Jr’s murder

“Early morning, April 4. Shot rings out in the Memphis sky. Free at last, they took your life. They could not take your pride.” – U2, Pride (In the Name of Love)

Originally coincided with Passover… In fact the word ‘Easter’ is new, and mostly English. In most of the world and most of history it is variation of word Passover. Passover can begin any day of the week. Big fight in early church, those who insisted resurrection be celebrated strictly by Passover (so could be any day of week) and those who insisted it must be celebrated on Sunday. Sunday folk eventually quashed the Quartodecimans, but then Eastern and Western Christians divided. Eastern Christians always celebrate the Sunday after Passover while the West didn’t want to look too Jewish and Hippolytus invented a new system to move it around based on the Roman calendar instead.

R.I.P. Mr. King.

Amen. Excellent one Mr. Armstrong.

Wow. Thank you for this.

Have a blessed Easter.

A kick in the teeth, a powerful strip, Mr. Armstrong. MLK’s ideas and committments to equality for all will never die.

Somehow, this is appropriate too – so many changes have arisen from those ashes. We still have many miles to go, but MLK helped us begin that journey.

Let us cut off the hand of evil. It’s an un-Christian thought, but I’m a secular Jew. We don’t “turn the other cheek”.

So much for a happy Easter.

Crazy deal. I think Martin Luther King jr is a man we should all respect and remember. Hes dancing with Jesus now

Although she didn’t add in that Easter moves because it’s based on a Passover seder that was Jesus’ last supper.

I didn’t recognise the fire escape; had to check This Day In History

If ever there were a case for resurrection.

It is personally bittersweet. Ten years ago today, my husband died.

Had to reference back and look it up because I couldn’t remember. April 4, 1968. (I was 12 at the time.)

One would think that with all the demand for respecting and empathizing blacks that there would be more reminders of today being the assassination of MLK though I imagine that today’s blacks would consider him to be an Uncle Tom.

That made me cry. I was twelve.

Later, I knew a Presbyterian minister who had marched with King and was arrested with him. I sure hoped we’d have learned more since then.

Martin Luther King Jr

Oh brother, I can’t believe that slipped my mind. It was such a horribly important day in American history.

I often try to imagine what race relations would be like today if Martin Luther King had lived to a ripe old age.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

I always remember as it was my brother and sister’s eighth birthday. When the family gathered to celebrate the next day, all the adults were talking about MLK. Hate serves no purpose. I don’t understand why people need to denigrate others who are different in superficial ways. Do they feel better about themselves when they hurt other human beings?Have a blessed Easter: "Love your neighbor as yourself. "

Free at last. They took your life. They could not take your Pride.

Happy Easter!

Thanks for the reminder. Still waiting for MLK’s resurrection.

The strip didn’t say anything about coincidences, it said Bittersweet! As a black family I’m sure the death of Dr. King and the resurrection of the true King IS bittersweet.

What happened 53 years ago, is a reminder that even today, we Black Americans will never give up the right to vote and other freedoms that a certain individual thinks that we shouldn’t have.

I don’t get the last panel.

If you haven’t been to the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, it is now a civil rights museum. Towards the end of the exhibit, you go into MLK’s hotel room and then out onto the balcony. It is indeed bittersweet and heartwrenching.

https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/news/posts/the-famous-lorraine-motel

Indeed one time I would go to is then to stop his assassination.

What i see in the last panel, is the loss of a great man. I am saddened that our country is regressing. Or maybe some not so great person caused folks to show their true beliefs… It still amazes me when “Christians” behave the way some do..

That last panel: <3 <3<3

(standing applause)