Today is hard to have faith in humanity… the news of people “taking” the US Capitol by force is so sad and embarrassing. Terrorizing their own country’s government is demoralizing and debilitating as a nation.
Regardless of what political party you belong to, this is not rational, intelligent behavior. To act like animals, with force, because the outcome they wanted didn’t happen is ridiculous. They are showing how self-destructive humans can be. How little they care about each other, and respect each other’s opinions, believes, values, and even lives.
These same people, performing this act, where the same ones condemning the BLM movement, and now attacking the same police force they so defended before. They are all acting the same, in a selfish manner, pointing fingers without realizing violence is violence regardless of color, motive, or circumstances.
Throwing blame to a person, a political party, a race, a religion, etc., that won’t bring change. On the contrary, we need to stop accusing and start looking within. Don’t follow or act without thinking. What if what they are doing was being done to them, how would they feel? Why can they accept a win but not defeat, or a different result than the one they expected? Why can’t they accept, and be proud of the democracy so many people fought for before us? Even better question, why can’t they value the human rights so many gave their lives for, and respect human lives as the gift they are?
Please, I implore everyone again, look inside of you. Search for that voice of reason and common sense, for the values we were all taught growing up. Respect, Tolerance, Communication, Peace, Love!
We don’t need a government to change us or make us great, it starts with each and every one of us individually.
Don’t let hate, differences, race, politics, money blind your thoughts. Don’t allow these things move you to violence. As humans we should be rational, intelligent, thinking beings. Let’s show this and act accordingly. Don’t let all the past suffering of those that were before us be in vain. Don’t let history repeat itself. Let’s show we have learned from it and can move forward in peace.
Let’s stop saying “it’s human nature” to riot, to hate, to destroy. But show that it’s our nature to converse, accept, and live in respectful harmony. Let’s be the reason to believe in the goodness of people again!
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