I am so tired of people treating other people badly because they can. Every life is of value so discounting a soul is despicable. I know that there are bad people out there who would kill us for a dime if it was to their advantage and even they deserve to live despite their unconscionable behavior. I am only human so every now and then my anger over the deranged who intentionally harm as a rule gets unleashed and is barely containable. Yet even those souls need help and help should be available. More what I am talking about this morning is classifying people as worthy or not based upon factors that have nothing to do with merit nor tradition.
I am talking about folks who find that they are less inclined to see the bigger picture as to the nature of us existing together. They will claim that others are less worthy of existence in the space they are in simply because they don't fit into our own special stereotype of lawfulness, cultural norms, or acceptability. They are born into the privilege of their skin color or their advantage as citizens. I remember when America welcomed and was actually built by migrant workers and I learned that slaves were forced to accept their lot here in America and now are treated like second class citizens for their struggle.
The republican party has long held the idea that a pure society is one which has only certain "types" within it. Much like Germany before the second world was, where cultures were assigned a hierarchy of respect and dignity and eventually those at the bottom became expendable under the guidance of hitler. When our society fails to capture the spirit of those who are on the outside looking in from within then we are the obstacle to the idea of a melting pot. The growth of racism and segregation are a blight on us and with republicans in control it will remain so until we can oust them and their disgusting devaluing of human life.
I am talking about folks who find that they are less inclined to see the bigger picture as to the nature of us existing together. They will claim that others are less worthy of existence in the space they are in simply because they don't fit into our own special stereotype of lawfulness, cultural norms, or acceptability. They are born into the privilege of their skin color or their advantage as citizens. I remember when America welcomed and was actually built by migrant workers and I learned that slaves were forced to accept their lot here in America and now are treated like second class citizens for their struggle.
The republican party has long held the idea that a pure society is one which has only certain "types" within it. Much like Germany before the second world was, where cultures were assigned a hierarchy of respect and dignity and eventually those at the bottom became expendable under the guidance of hitler. When our society fails to capture the spirit of those who are on the outside looking in from within then we are the obstacle to the idea of a melting pot. The growth of racism and segregation are a blight on us and with republicans in control it will remain so until we can oust them and their disgusting devaluing of human life.
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