Reverend William Barber electrifies Netroots Nation 2014
Reverend William Barber visited Netroots Nation 2014 and provided an inspirational speech that electrified the entire room. Most importantly Reverend William Barber gave a history lesson on moral fusion movements.
Reverend William Barber described the moral fusion movement in the context of the first and second reconstruction. He is imploring the effecting of the third reconstruction.
Reverend William Barber said that today’s moral fusion movement in the form of the third reconstruction must be effected not in a Right/left manner. He said it is not about Democrat or Republican. It is about a moral principle, the establishment of justice.
Reverend William Barber had a rather funny moment in a very serious speech. He told his Liberal friends that he does not understand why many of them do not like the Bible. He stated that the core of Liberal values are codified in the text of the Bible.
“It is extreme and immoral to suppress the right to vote,” Reverend Barber said. “It is extreme and immoral to deny Medicaid for millions of poor people especially people who have been elected to office and then insurance simply because they’ve been elected. It is extreme and immoral to raise taxes on the working poor and cutting earned income taxes, and to raise taxes on the poor and the middle class in order to cut taxes for the wealthy. It is extreme and immoral to use power to cut off people’s water in Detroit. … It is extreme and immoral to end unemployment for those who have lost jobs for no fault of their own. It is extreme and immoral to re-segregate our schools and underfund our public schools. It is extreme and immoral for people who came from immigrants to now to have a mean amnesia and cry out against immigrants and the rights of children. It is mean it is immoral it is extreme to kick hard working people when they are down. That’s not just bad policy. It’s against the common good and a disregard for human rights. … In fact, this kind of philosophy rooted in the policies of immoral deconstruction, if you look at them carefully, they are historically inaccurate, they are constitutionally inconsistent, they are morally indefensible, and they are economically insane.”
Reverend William Barber ended his speech as if he were in church. He asked the Netroots attendees to allow him three minutes of church. And church was to be had for those three to five minutes that ended with a completely engaged and electrified audience.
Transcript here.
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