The past days have been rich with news, profoundly difficult, yet somehow simultaneously hopeful.
As for this writer, I have been at alternating times fascinated and sickened by events, as have many. But today, fascination seems to be winning over horror, and this is a positive development.
As Joe Biden is said to be moving toward and FDR-style agenda, there is finally hope that the problem of police violence may be seriously addressed -- at least in Minnesota. If these two developments constitute a trend, we can indeed by hopeful.
What stands in the way of this progress? Two things, one an emotion, the other a group of people led by one very particular person. The emotion is fear -- fear of difference, fear of the unknown, fear of loss of power and status. These are the fears motivating the far right and Der Fuehrer. The special person is the one I call OML -- Our Military Leader. This is a moniker I created for this chief executive some few years ago. Now, the meaning of this appellation is clearer and stronger than ever. Guns stop people, but guns never stop ideas. And ideas are what made America great in the first place. So there is our hope.
Do you feel it, too?
As for this writer, I have been at alternating times fascinated and sickened by events, as have many. But today, fascination seems to be winning over horror, and this is a positive development.
As Joe Biden is said to be moving toward and FDR-style agenda, there is finally hope that the problem of police violence may be seriously addressed -- at least in Minnesota. If these two developments constitute a trend, we can indeed by hopeful.
What stands in the way of this progress? Two things, one an emotion, the other a group of people led by one very particular person. The emotion is fear -- fear of difference, fear of the unknown, fear of loss of power and status. These are the fears motivating the far right and Der Fuehrer. The special person is the one I call OML -- Our Military Leader. This is a moniker I created for this chief executive some few years ago. Now, the meaning of this appellation is clearer and stronger than ever. Guns stop people, but guns never stop ideas. And ideas are what made America great in the first place. So there is our hope.
Do you feel it, too?
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