The Only Way

Here's a story I missed last week and I wish I hadn't. There was a dustup at the University of Oklahoma recently because two boneheads at a fraternity sang racist songs. Dumb and wrong. Megyn Kelly brought Isaac Hill, the president of the Black Student Association, on her show expecting Southern fried racist served up fresh by him. Instead, here is what he delivered: they should be forgiven. What??!! Kelly was visibly stunned. Despite giving him several more chance to roast them, he demurred saying: 

"It is not smart to fight hate with hate. It is only logical to fight hate with love."

This is a person of resounding character who when faced with the temptation to do evil, consistently chose good. In doing so he was following the legacy of a person who really did change the face of America, Dr. Martin Luther King. At the heart of King's legacy was this core belief that he expressed as follows:

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

He was right and Isaac Hill is cut from that same cloth. Well done, Mr. Hill. You are a leader I would follow.


 townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2015/03/17/the-power-of-forgiveness-n1971592