American Terrorists
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Like a blown gasket. Certain Americans are becoming unravelled because of diversity. |
This is a quote that comes from a person who fears change; it comes from a person who views diversity as unacceptable. This person is scared...and carries guilt around like a badge of honour. It's horrifying. It's anti-American.
You see, the United States of America is a country founded on the belief of acceptance for all — any human being that declares equality and perseverance for all. A country where, if you do so choose to believe in a god, you can worship freely right alongside another person who happens to believe in a different god. And even for those who stand by reason and logic...all the same for them, and myself, as well. Right. That's because this nation was founded upon the belief of separation of church and state. A particular peoples fled their tyrannical and oppressive governments to escape religious oppression...to create this great nation.
Do you see the irony in the attitudes of modern day Republicans and Tea Partiers?
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*stipulations apply. |
- Government based on religious doctrine
- Women having fewer rights than men
- Homosexuality is outlawed
- Rejecting science in favour of religious doctrine
- No separation between church and state
- Religion is taught in school
- Abortion is illegal
It seems to me, while I'm not religious at all, that conservatives, fundamentalists, and my family have forgotten the basis — the core of — what their religions are supposed be about. And that is?
Love.
Not some skewed, cherry-picked version of certain aspects of love either. LOVE. Real pulsating, do-anything-for-thy-neighbour, doesn't care who or what you are... LOVE.
Being compassionate is not hard. It is a super duper, simple, easy-as-pie concept to act on.
It's funny, really. I mean, it's not really funny, but all the same. I read a report earlier this morning that stated that 17 Americans were killed by violence through ISIS this past year, but over 30,000 Americans were killed by other Americans with guns within our own borders. Who should we actually be fearful of again? *sigh*