I find myself disappointed in our country right now.
I don’t usually do this kind of post but I have to put it out there. As a soldier, I fought for the ability of people to live free of tyranny. For people to live how they want, raise their kids how they want, and think how they want so long as it didn’t get in the way of someone else’s freedom. Yet, all I see on TV now is a country spiraling into an eventual government that dictates everything about our lives. People have the right to do and feel how they want without persecution so long as they don’t infringe on the rights of others. The same law that is supposed to protect a black man from being denied his ability to live in a way he sees fit without persecution so long as he is following the law is the same law that protects the racist from being done the same way. The same law that allows Black Lives Matter also allows the KKK. Since when did we decide that the best way to make one group happy was to attack the other group as a government? Is racism awful and are those factions like the KKK awful? Yes, but they have the same right to how they feel so long as they follow the law as Black Lives Matter or any other faction. We are becoming so caught up in trying to make amends to one race of people that we are systematically taking away the rights of another race of people. Does the Rebel flag represent slavery to some races? Yes. Does it stand for the heritage And history of another race? Yes. So what’s next? Are we going to change the American Flag, too? I have no problem with people advocating for what they believe in no matter how ridiculous it is. But when we get to the point that we deny people jobs, their ability to participate, and we start making laws that tear down beliefs simply because of what it means to someone else then I have a problem. There are ALWAYS going to be someone offended by something someone else does, has, or believes. You don’t make laws and policies to take away the rights of one group to appease another. That’s not democracy, that’s mob mentality.
