Harlotizing the Bridge

A little makeup, some marketing, and the promise of “unity”, but what exactly will it cost? Well, she looks pretty good on the surface, but you dig a little deeper and something smells very funny and if you don’t wise up quickly, Selma might catch something penicillin won’t get rid of.

Let’s ask Mark Duke, who said the following during a recorded sermon, what he thinks of the bridge:“There's a new day coming to Selma, let me tell you something, if it takes our blood on that bridge again, then they'll get our blood, but we ain't gonna stop - God is with us, he has anointed us, he has called us..." Who in the hell wants to see blood on that bridge again Mark? Does anyone want to see Sugar Daddy White taking pictures and marketing them on his websites so that he can profit off of the bridge and the people who were hurt on it? Do we want him to blaspheme the true leaders who were marching on that bridge with right and true motives on Bloody Sunday?

Aren’t they sending a message to our youth/adults that it’s perfectly alright to break the rules, disobey authorities, break promises and throw temper tantrums when you don’t get you way? Do we want to teach our youth to arrogantly defy city government creating a sense of lawlessness in a city that already has enough lawlessness? Is it really necessary to bombard the Mayor and others of this City with letters, protests and unruly conduct forcing “real issues” on the back burner and wasting our elected officials time which could’ve been spent making Selma a better place to live?

Selma, I beg of you. We have been losing population for years and this unity they speak of is a complete farce. It’s just like makeup on a harlot and if you look a little past the makeup, there’s a very bad smell. Let’s not lose any more Selmians only to be replaced with Colorado implants filling job positions and leadership positions vacated as good honest tax payers scamper and move away. Let us work together as brothers and sisters to make it so that when Selma makes the news, anyone who is anyone will want to come and visit not only because they are proud of the symbol of the bridge and what it stood for, but also because of the great places that same bridge could lead Selma and the rest of the world in the future. Your city and that bridge could be a glorious beacon shining in a still sometimes dark and oppressive world. I am not saying that anyone should forget Bloody Sunday, no, never forget that day. I’m only saying that it is my hope for all of us to not forget where our path started, but more importantly to focus on where we want our paths to take us.

Dewayne Allday
Selma, Alabama

If you have a different opinion than me, visit http://dewayne-allday.blogspot.com/2011/02/imho.html