"Penn also stressed his sadness that the mistake on Twitter apparently led some people to think he was disrespecting Dr. King. "Penn admits to being the originator of the quote on Twitter, "I made a mistake," Penn wrote, "I read the quote, thought it was too perfect, checked part of it from the MLK book and then cut and pasted it.
Did MLK Say 'Our Lives Begin to End the Day We Become Silent'? How did this other quote get misattributed to King? "The first person to cite it on Twitter was the famous magician/Libertarian "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." What 'thousands' would King have been talking about? In which enemy's death was he supposed to be rejoicing?" What do you get out of saying something pithy, and getting no credit for it? When someone pointed out the mistake, I apologized as best I could in the limited number of characters. The meaning of this second quote has power with both a lower case “friends” and an upper case “Friends.” I read the subtext as a responsibility of those in positions of power to stand up when we see injustices.
After graduating from a Friends school, I later discovered one Quaker value I had misunderstood: the true meaning of the Light in each of us. The part I checked was not the part that was wrong, and I posted it. As McArdle says in her piece, "It's a bit too a propos. A Collaboration of Friends Council on Education and the Nobis Project "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." She also wonders, "Why? In a way, the powers of our Lights become both clearer and stronger when unified. Copyright by Nobis Project, Inc., Friends Council on EducationAs educators at Friends schools or as Quaker educators, the common denominator between us is the influence of Quaker values on our teaching. It is a reminder that we must do this everyday. SALON ® is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC.
Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved. A stupid, but honest mistake. And then I apologized and explained a few more times.