Yes, this is a political statement; however, if you take this as me being for ‘one side or the other’, you are only proving my point. So, Please read. Please, do not comment if you only want to argue.
Now: We’ve become so polarized, so ‘at odds’ with anyone who doesn’t see eye to eye with our own worldview, that they are now considered Deamons, Devils, Ignorant, etc…
Both Conservative and Liberal have become badges of honor, and curse words, depending on your current company.
And, provable facts from EITHER side of the many discussions occurring are simply not accepted, no matter how many sources tell one otherwise, if they don’t fit what people ‘just know is true’.
Friends, I will not let myself fall into this trap. And I encourage you to do the same.
Get your news from multiple sources; fact check what was really said and done; fact check what was tried, convicted, and proven, not just what you ‘feel’ or what makes you feel right.
Because, when you don’t, you are just cattle.
We’ve already been bought and sold; we’re marketed to day and night, and our news is an international joke. There are few facts presented – you have to dig for them. All we get are opinions posed as facts, and too few ever bother to question what we are being fed.
The truth, if there is such a thing, is out there; but it’s not always comfortable, and it won’t always make ANY of us right all the time.
I’m not making this post to change anyone’s opinion on anything. All I am asking is that you take a moment, and question your opinion. Back it up with provable info, not just opinions. Look at what you really believe, really and truly think, and temper that with facts. Actual facts – science is not any more of an opinion than written or recorded record. What you do with that… that is up to you.
Will you hold yourself, and your opinion, to the same standards that you expect of others? Can you forgive and forget for those you see as representing you and your ideals, but not give the same grace to everyone else?
Some will read this, and think I am for Hillary; others will read this and think I am for Trump.
I am for neither. I will not tell you how I choose to vote, because that is my business. But it won’t be for either one of those.
(plus, living in Alabama, I know where the electoral votes for my state are going, regardless; so I have no fear with a write in)
*IF* we are going to actually move forward as one country, one people – if we are *really* going to be great again, we need to take a step back, and really think about the basics of what made is great – what still makes us great – and get through all the BS we’ve been sold that divides us. Neither the term ‘conservative’, or ‘liberal’ are curses. We have come to use them for anyone who doesn’t completely agree with our own worldview. And that, my friends, is how we’ve been divided. Into neat, playable little stacks.
We didn’t get rid of slavery; it just changed gears.
You really want to be free? First step in that is to stop demonizing people that have opinions you don’t agree with. I’ll bet you my life that there is more you can AGREE on than what you disagree about.
Next step, get rid of the electoral college. We have the tech, and the ability, to literally make every vote count. This system is archaic and flawed – it needs to change, if we can even hope to be a representative democracy.
Lastly, learn to reach out – re-learn to compromise. The world doesn’t revolve around you, your religion, or your state politics. It is much bigger, and much more complex, than most people can ever grasp.
Giving rights and freedoms to ANYONE should be a no-brainer in a country that prides itself on being a nation built on freedom. You either give everyone equal rights, or you stop holding that mantle up and shaking it in the face of the rest of the world.
It’s called hypocrisy; if that taste doesn’t sit right on your tongue, don’t blame me. Maybe it’s time you actually sat and thought about things, accepted things that have been proven, forgive those who have wronged (ALL or NONE – there is NO IN BETWEEN). Maybe its time you think about all those pretty words you speak with righteous indignation – and apply that lens to everyone, including yourselves.
UNITED we truly stand; but we ARE DIVIDED. As a whole, we already have fallen.
So what are you going to do about it?
Discuss if you want; I will not respond. I’ve made my point.
