I don’t write about politics. Hillary does something illegal; I keep my opinions to myself. Trump speaks…or breathes, I keep my mouth shut. I don’t believe silence is the answer but I do believe everyone, every person, is entitled to their own opinion and if you don’t want to hear mine, that’s just fine. I might not agree with yours but I respect your freedom to have it and I feel no great need to change it. Differences are what make us unique, they make us human. Every beautifully unique person is entitled to their own opinion.
Every PERSON is entitled to their own opinion. Let me just reiterate that sentence. Maybe break it down a bit? Merriam Webster defines person as “a human being”. A human being, as in someone who is supposed to have intelligence, morals, and above all else, a sliver of humanity resting deep within their chest.
I have not seen human being’s sharing their opinions as of late. I have seen monsters complaining and whining; I have seen evil beings attempting to use another person’s life as an example for their agenda. I have seen utter stupidity; barren, empty lands that people call their brains spewing out baloney about gun laws, abortion, or simply saying, ‘well black people kill black people more than police officers do’. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. That is what you choose to say when someone loses their life? When someone is killed? THAT is your response?
I’m not saying who’s right or wrong. I don’t know who had a gun and who didn’t. I’ve watched the videos, as I’m sure just about everyone has, but videos can be edited, changed and altered. Bottom line is, I wasn’t there; I don’t know what happened. But I do know that we control our responses to what happened.
You see ridiculous radicals for BOTH sides all over the internet. You see people talking trash, exaggerating, being crude, rude, angry and everything in between; you see people threatening the lives of others. It’s not hard to see why anyone would react with fear after seeing the horror story that makes up social media; what people, what "humans" have created.
People made that. People exaggerated and blew up that fear by screaming, shouting and threatening. I guess I’m just confused because the last time I checked, I was fairly sure people were able to share their opinions without threats of violence.
Or how about, instead of the first thing we do when someone is killed, be it a citizen or an officer, is to share our opinions and use their life as an example for our own agendas, we grieve for them. Because they are human; because they had a mother, brother, father, husband, wife, aunt, uncle, son, or daughter just like you do. Because they were taken from their families too soon. Because we are human. Because the color of someone’s skin is beautiful, no matter what the color. Because someone putting on a badge and risking their life trying to protect people is brave. We are supposed to have humanity, we are supposed to grieve; we are supposed to value human life.
We are all human. We may not all be good but the majority of us are.
Yet we’re not showing that.
When someone dies, when someone is killed, you grieve, you offer condolences to their families, you have empathy. If you have an opinion to offer later, you should be able to do it without violence, without threats.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t have an opinion. I’m saying you should show some empathy. I’m saying you should think before you act, before you post.
I’m saying you should be human. Who knows what would happen if everyone showed just a sliver of their humanity. I'm guessing a lot less people would lose their lives.
It’s for that reason that I not only would like to offer my condolences and my deepest sympathies to the families of ALL those who have been killed in the recent tragedies, but also to apologize to them. I am deeply sorry that these beings trying to pass as human have decided to use the death of your loved one as an example instead seeing it for what it is, a tragedy.
The loss of human life is not your example. It’s a tragedy. Start to treat it like one. Start to take back your humanity. Start being a friend to your fellow humans.
