Talk about polarizing. It is clear where the polarization is rooted. America was treated to today's live, first hand views of these events and able to make instant comparisons.
One rally was about God, love, tolerance, brotherhood, unity, Faith, Hope, and Charity, and Christian beliefs that are the foundation of our country. Beck's speakers even sang of Unity.
The other rally, across town, was led by angrily shouting speakers, expressing words of hate and resentfulness, demands for rights and hurtful recollections of times that were unpleasant and bitter. It was as though the speakers wanted people to get upset all over again and live with hurt, rather than love. They used the word "God Bless" and then went on to talk with words that can only be described as inspired by the devil.
All Americans are getting very tired of this type of antagonism and would like to overcome the bad memories and repair racial relations. But people like Sharpton just won't let it happen and keep fueling the flames of jealousy and resentment. There seems to be no appreciation from people like Sharpton, therefore the movement for getting what they want, what they should have, and what the majority of Americans want them to have, is stagnant. No one keeps giving to the dog who bites the hand that feeds them.
Racism is Sharpton’s bread and butter.
I listened to Sharpton on C-span radio after the Beck event. The people( mostly black) calling in to C-Span were just hateful; full of rage against Beck and Palin.
It was hard to listen to.