Mensaje de Dan Rather sobre la marchas de la juventud en contra de los tiroteos

“Today, the future spoke. Today cynicism and fear took a back seat to optimism and hope. Today those who have long been told that their voices didn’t matter, who have been ignored, explained away, gaslighted, forgotten, handled with sanctimonious neglect, well they raised their voices in a unified chorus of many accents and from many perspectives, but all with the same message – ignore us at your peril.

Today was the spark set forth by the long-simmering embers of activism. But ultimately the success will hinge on one vital fact – will those who marched today and all who cheered them on, march to the polls in November and beyond?

This is not about party politics, but about a generational change. This is about the awakening of a movement that is precipitating around gun violence but one senses is even more seismic. It is about those who say that their vision of a more just, inclusive and safer America is not the priority of those in power. And this mass of restive humanity says, “enough! We will be silent no longer.”

-Dan Rather