OFCI Report Editorial: No Justice, Just Peace (Silence)

Prior to the Zimmerman verdict I posted on Facebook that after it was read, and if found not guilty, that nation wide there would be protest and people on Facebook would voice their opinions of outrage. Then, after a few short weeks, 2 at the most, the outcry and outrage would drop to silence. An just as I predicted, it happened. No longer do you see the blogs, the post, the articles, news reports, protest, etc. about how the Stand Your Ground Law needs to be challenged and changed in America itself. No Longer do you hear the cry for Justice for Treyvon. An that amazes me because with all the social injustices going on everyday in our country, you would think that the fight for Justice, not just for one young man, but for all that has felt its cold touch, would fight on until a solution is reached. Rome wasn't built in a day, and just as long as it took to build Rome, it may take just as long for change, but we have to push harder and harder until it happens. But what I have noticed is that it seems that mainstream has pacified us into submission of leaving this story alone by giving us football, and Scandal, and the new Fall Season of television so that we can focus our attention on things less productive instead of thing that will bring about productivity and change. No need to ask what happened to the Warriors of yesteryear that would fight for change even if it meant losing blood and spending time in jail. In these days and time it makes you wonder if all the marches and speeches were for show given the fact that it seems like everyone that did them wanted to capitalize on the situation for their own self indulgences and get their 15 minutes in the spotlight as if they were doing something spectacular by photo opting with The "Rev" Al Sharpton and Jay Z at a Justice for Treyvon rally. Long gone are the days when protest meant fighting until the fight is finished and the victory is won. Now it is all about turning your news interview into a book deal or a reality show. Listen, we were taught that the only way to get respect is to earn it. But how are we supposed to gain it if the ones we are trying to get it from sees our arguments as full of fluff and inconsistence. We need to step up our game and show the world that in our outrage and outcry that we mean business by Standing Our Own Ground when it comes to Civil Equality and Justice. Not backing down because they threaten us with Words. When has it gotten to the point that we have become more afraid of words than we are of weapons? I am pretty sure that anyone from the 60's can tell you that in their time and struggle, that words meant far less to them when they would be fighting, because they knew the words could not harm them. Now it seems that everyone has become more delicate and fragile, worried more about their Social Image than their Social Rights. What have we become and when did we become it.....No Justice Just Peace (SILENCE), Justice For Treyvon and Many, Many, More!!!!