Is it a battle? They think so...
They believe that everyone else fears as they fear, and thus hates as they hate.
And when they yell and threaten, they think their hate is powerful enough to make us fearful. That is what they know.
When you sing, you look straight at their hate and you say: we are brothers and sisters. You are angry, but I believe in your greater spirit, I am not afraid.
When hate challenged the arc of justice for Americans: When slavery was protected by all the money in the world
Or when war and death in our name was considered the only answer:
I can't think of any others at the moment. So if you get into the same predicament, just sing this one: