Moral Mondays a new southern strategy

Published January 1, 2014

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 31, 2013.

Moral Mondays in North Carolina spawned Truth and Justice Tuesdays in Alabama. When the Georgia legislature returns to session soon, a new Moral Monday protest will greet lawmakers there.

Activists from a dozen states recently met in Raleigh with the founders of the Monday protests launched in response to Republican reforms in education and social services.

 One participant told The Associated Press that, "A lot of us are looking at it as a Southern strategy, the kind of Southern strategy that hasn't existed in many decades."

It may be a sign that we're returning to an era of greater citizen involvement in government and the issues that face our society. If that leads to a more functional two-party system of government, with healthy debate of the issues, good. Taking to the streets to disagree with government is a long American tradition, going back to the original tea party and protected by the Constitution.

The effectiveness of the process varies. The jury is out on Moral Mondays for a while yet.

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January 1, 2014 at 9:35 am
Rip Arrowood says:

The Republican/Tea Party can only pretend to ignore the Moral Monday protests for so long...

January 1, 2014 at 5:05 pm
TP Wohlford says:

Rip --

First of all, we are supposed to use our real names here.

Second, it is the depth of impolite posting to make an assertion w/o some rationale or evidence. You make an assertion, so I'm curious as to your evidence and reasoning.

My counter to that is, "We've ignored such rabble rousing idiots since the 1960's, so we are well practiced. We are not 'pretending' to ignore, but we really ARE ignoring you."

January 1, 2014 at 9:54 am
TP Wohlford says:

A new southern strategy?

This will come as a surprise to the citizens of Wisconsin.