Without commenting on the remainder of the piece (that I’ll save for later), my view on the political efforts undertaken are as such:
The date is already politicized. However, it had first been made a matter of political sport by those very hateful people who would most readily betray Gariushi-imkura’s legacy of openness, tolerance, and productive peace. We aren’t making the day political. We are retaking the politics of it, reforging the political message into one that carries forward the ideals of Gariushi and Ishukone, the ideals that were so badly struck that day.
You need not look far to see why we fight, why we must fight to make sure that legacy isn’t hijacked by those who display abject hatred of the Liberal ideal.