Truer words have never been spoken. You’ll get a dozen or so likes for this post but a post about a blind republican cat that plays with a tennis ball for half a second will get 150 likes.
I get it though and accept it. This is a very conservative crowd that is deeply rooted in the church. I say church, because there’s a stark contrast between Church and God, but that’s failed to be understood by many. Is what it is, I just hope the leadership within our program shines a positive light into the world about some of the real issues we face. Regardless of the fact that the MSM has ran with many of those issues and created more issues by their narratives, we have plenty of positive change needed in our country.
Too much divisiveness in our country right now. Minimal listening and too much defending of rooted beliefs to make real change, if you ask me. Just how the top 1% wants it. Keep us all arguing while they profit. What Trevor is doing and living your life in a caring way on a daily basis, while teaching our children to be respectful is where the real change takes place. It isn’t faux outrage or social media posts. It’s how we conduct our daily life.
The upcoming election isn’t going to change anything. If Trump wins, the Left will riot. If Biden wins, we’ll have a president who struggles to form a sentence while the right buys more ammo.
The social justice issue isn’t police brutality, the issue is education and opportunity. We need to collectively come together and fix the cause of the problem and stop fighting over the symptoms. Police are heroic. Period. 98% of them do more on a daily basis to help our country than many of us do in a lifetime. The spotlight is on that because it’s the most visible, tangible thing, but that isn’t the issue. Economic variance contributes to a huge part of the problem. Change isn’t easy and it’ll be hard, as it’s been a certain way for so long that many will point to the hardship in the interim as evidence that change isn’t working.
It’s no different than Trump wanting to build a wall and get rid of illegal immigrants. From an idealistic perspective, it’s the right answer, but in the short term, it’s not possible if folks want their life the way it is now. Are American citizens willing to pick our food and get paid by the field? Are we willing to pay more for our groceries? Keep jobs in America right? Are American citizens willing to start janitorial companies across the country and scrub toilets? It would be great if every hard working Hispanic American was a legal citizen via legal immigration, but bridging the gap to get there is the hard part, with the biggest piece being the financial loss the top 1% would see. Too much $ and power there for change to be made. Same goes for low income communities.
Just my take, but that’s why, in the end, my answer is to be respectful of everyone on a daily basis and do my best to raise my kids the same way.