I'm been thinking about this for quite awhile and I see the evidence throughout America.
Most of the resounding evidence is from observing and listening to our everyday citizens.
Right now, today, I see this country in a messy place when it comes to how our citizens use their thought processes. Meaning; do you like your neighbor; do you respect your average person you meet on the street, at the shopping malls, at the sporting events you go to?
I see it this way: We are extremely divisive now, having too many groups of individuals, believing/thinking the same biased and hateful thoughts. And these groups, simply seem to feel all warm and fuzzy when they discuss how low, any individual--it seems--that doesn't fit their agenda or see the way the world works as they see it.
Of course, the leading culprit lodged into these individual group's brains, are generally the same degrading and thoroughly inferior thoughts they've heard mom and dad speak of, since they were mere toddlers.
That ugly word: Race! Yep, we're all guilty to a certain degree, and yes, since it was planted into our tiny little skulls at a very early age. Hey, we cannot escape it. it's there and it will not be extinguished, no mater how much water you throw on those wicked little flames; rarely, very rarely, can a man overcome that crippling mindset at his early childhood.
There's proof in America's history and these's plenty throughout the history of older, more traditional countries of this world.
This: What war, caused the greatest loss of life in this fairly still, young Republic?
I missed this correct answer the other day, making a quick decision, believing the correct answer was so trivial, it was almost boring. Well, I missed, as I said, and when I saw the right answer, it did not phase me much because it should have been obvious.
Yet, that war was too far gone and long ago, being easy to dismiss as no candidate for the most gigantic loss off life this country has suffered.
The correct answer: The Civil War.
Loss of life including civilians: The Union lost 364.500. The Confederacy: 299,500.
Rounding off at nice fat loss of human life at 750,000.
WW2: 405,300.
And, man, did we have bone-deep hated for the enemy. The Confederate enemy was the Union soldier. The Union enemy was the Confederate soldier. The strangest and bizarre thing about that vicious hatred behind each cause: They looked way too much like themselves. Actually, near identical. yet, the English slang was different;the soldier's outfit was different; most all, believed in the same God and prayed to the same God.
I would bet, both sides, were caught up in the hatred for each other, once the war started, causes didn't matter. Just the vile and without remorse, way, you looked and saw the enemy.
Today's society: Much the same. There's that inborn hatred, still there. Still there, likely, coming from that well known source; inherited from mom and dad's psychological words spoken, over an innocent and yet, uneducated mind.
I witnessed a black-teen, a lady, just last week, doing the most outrageous degrading thing to the flag we stand behind, the country, and all of our fallen soldier's memory. As the pledge of allegiance was just starting--I was at arms-length from her--she promptly set her butt down, among a thick, tight fitting crowd, and started texting and playing with her I-phone. Thank you Obama. There is no doubt where her deep prejudice comes from.
Obama built much of this mindset of his youthful society. That is how I see it. He spoke to his people one too many times about standing up for the wrong causes. Too many to recall now, but look at black society and how they, in general terms, have regressed back to that 50's mindset of prejudice against white people, white policemen. They seem to be seething of no-trust in our leaders and have rebellious actions abounding, rising, from this white man, our now elected president, Donald Trump.
OBAMA caused much of the resentment and hatred. How is Trump that different than MLK?
They both were dedicated religious individuals. Both were superior leaders of our time.
Both displayed maximum courage. Both were hated for their color, first, probably, and the other thing; fresh ideas this country was not ready to except.
And that so often mindset we see today, is what Obama will have to live with till the day he dies.
Most of the resounding evidence is from observing and listening to our everyday citizens.
Right now, today, I see this country in a messy place when it comes to how our citizens use their thought processes. Meaning; do you like your neighbor; do you respect your average person you meet on the street, at the shopping malls, at the sporting events you go to?
I see it this way: We are extremely divisive now, having too many groups of individuals, believing/thinking the same biased and hateful thoughts. And these groups, simply seem to feel all warm and fuzzy when they discuss how low, any individual--it seems--that doesn't fit their agenda or see the way the world works as they see it.
Of course, the leading culprit lodged into these individual group's brains, are generally the same degrading and thoroughly inferior thoughts they've heard mom and dad speak of, since they were mere toddlers.
That ugly word: Race! Yep, we're all guilty to a certain degree, and yes, since it was planted into our tiny little skulls at a very early age. Hey, we cannot escape it. it's there and it will not be extinguished, no mater how much water you throw on those wicked little flames; rarely, very rarely, can a man overcome that crippling mindset at his early childhood.
There's proof in America's history and these's plenty throughout the history of older, more traditional countries of this world.
This: What war, caused the greatest loss of life in this fairly still, young Republic?
I missed this correct answer the other day, making a quick decision, believing the correct answer was so trivial, it was almost boring. Well, I missed, as I said, and when I saw the right answer, it did not phase me much because it should have been obvious.
Yet, that war was too far gone and long ago, being easy to dismiss as no candidate for the most gigantic loss off life this country has suffered.
The correct answer: The Civil War.
Loss of life including civilians: The Union lost 364.500. The Confederacy: 299,500.
Rounding off at nice fat loss of human life at 750,000.
WW2: 405,300.
And, man, did we have bone-deep hated for the enemy. The Confederate enemy was the Union soldier. The Union enemy was the Confederate soldier. The strangest and bizarre thing about that vicious hatred behind each cause: They looked way too much like themselves. Actually, near identical. yet, the English slang was different;the soldier's outfit was different; most all, believed in the same God and prayed to the same God.
I would bet, both sides, were caught up in the hatred for each other, once the war started, causes didn't matter. Just the vile and without remorse, way, you looked and saw the enemy.
Today's society: Much the same. There's that inborn hatred, still there. Still there, likely, coming from that well known source; inherited from mom and dad's psychological words spoken, over an innocent and yet, uneducated mind.
I witnessed a black-teen, a lady, just last week, doing the most outrageous degrading thing to the flag we stand behind, the country, and all of our fallen soldier's memory. As the pledge of allegiance was just starting--I was at arms-length from her--she promptly set her butt down, among a thick, tight fitting crowd, and started texting and playing with her I-phone. Thank you Obama. There is no doubt where her deep prejudice comes from.
Obama built much of this mindset of his youthful society. That is how I see it. He spoke to his people one too many times about standing up for the wrong causes. Too many to recall now, but look at black society and how they, in general terms, have regressed back to that 50's mindset of prejudice against white people, white policemen. They seem to be seething of no-trust in our leaders and have rebellious actions abounding, rising, from this white man, our now elected president, Donald Trump.
OBAMA caused much of the resentment and hatred. How is Trump that different than MLK?
They both were dedicated religious individuals. Both were superior leaders of our time.
Both displayed maximum courage. Both were hated for their color, first, probably, and the other thing; fresh ideas this country was not ready to except.
And that so often mindset we see today, is what Obama will have to live with till the day he dies.
