Millions of Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, honoring the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the subsequent Revolutionary War by waving flags and marching in parades.
Swept up in patriotic fever, many celebrate by getting drunk and harassing people perceived as less than “red-blooded Americans.”
There must be better ways to honor the goals of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” A new revolution is painfully overdue. It’s once again time to confront distant and out-of-touch power structures with the demands of a new age and a new frontier.
A peace revolution is already underway:
Don’t be left behind. Join the REVOLUTIONARIES.
R=Rightfully revolt against raging reactionary rhetoric
E=Enthusiastically endorse enlightening programs for peace
V=Valiantly voice views against violence
O=Obdurately occupy oppressive institutions
L=Lovingly learn lessons in lessening violence
U=Universally unite under peace’s umbrella
T=Tactfully tailor tactics towards tolerance
I=Intelligently invest in innovative peace
O=Openly oppose onerous taxes for war
N=Nicely nurture the pathways to peace
A=Adamantly advocate apology and forgiveness
R=Rigorously restore routes to reconciliation
I=Imperturbably initiate ideologies of peace
E=Energetically embark on ensuring social justice
S=Solicitously support efforts of engagingpeace*
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Kathie Malley-Morrison, Professor of Psychology