Okay, you must remember this from elementary school. We were taught proudly and absorbed proudly, the notion that this country was a diverse bowl of people who together formed a wonderful new mix, quite different from the country of origin. It was a national point of pride. We also were taught that the mix, the recipe was not quite there yet, needed to be tweaked, but we were on the correct path to that goal. Well, somewhere between then and now it disappeared.
Now people are more concerned, intent, on separating the ingredients of this magic mixture into its separate parts. Sadly, we are rejecting the wisdom of the ages. Separate, there is no strength. Together, the strength is multifold, a synergy that is more than the sum of its parts. We have ignored the modern consequences of forgetting that as countries warred within themselves, on themselves, killed their neighbors, even relatives for identifying with one part or segment and not the other.
Here in the America of today we are in great peril of reaching that sad, dangerous segment of the road through which we must pass and hopefully emerge stronger at the other side rather than allowing hatred of others to surface so strongly so as to subsume, completely obscure any of the truth. I am not very sure at all that we will traverse that segment of the road safely, unwounded, which we have already reached. The damages of the impacts of negativism, of hatred, of emphasis on differences, of a calculated amnesia of the truth of the formation and composition of this nation's philosophies and progressive bent, perhaps too great to overcome.
Nope, going, going, ....? Will we reach that 'gone' step? The coin has been tossed, not yet landed, but the air currents are not on the head side, our side. This game we are playing, with human lives, not plastic chess pieces, is dangerous, so wrong. Throwing people around, trafficking them for political purpose, indulging hate, well, we have done it before and are doing it again. Still. So similar in thought and deed to past times of expulsions and present times as well.
Now we read that the judge in the trial of a Capitol rebel has dismissed the obstructionism charge because he has "a unique stew in his mind". Perhaps he was not aware that what he was doing is wrong. Say what? So by the same reasoning the fascist governors such as DeSantis and Abbott can be excused if they too claim they were throwing people hither, thither, and way beyond, yon, because they too were unaware this was wrong, they too were doing this to "plead the blood of Jesus"? Hell no!!!
This cannot be allowed, for the rest will also claim this religious delusion and plead innocent due to insanity. Hell no! These people knew damn well they were intent on overthrowing this country, of plans for killing, lynching, of following the mad Pied Piper who had full, clear and open intent to stir the mob on via his inciting, poisonous presence - thankfully that was aborted - and become Ruler.
Now the Mayor of NYC states there is no more room at our inns for immigrants. The city already has a homeless crisis. Yes, it does and now is the time for the federal government to step in, release funds -but wait! How can that occur when the GOP, its ragged remnants consisting of insane hate filled individuals intent only on obstruction, block the way, wanting only to shut down the government, create chaos in the nation and then claim to come in for the rescue.
We have lots of work ahead, hard times, and the future is unstable, perched on a crumbling cliff edge. Will we shore it up? Will we revert to our proper American mix? I have no answers, only hopes and prayers.
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