Am I the only one pissed off and enraged about these senseless killings? First we hear word of the church slayings, then mayhem with the Marines in Chattanooga and more recently there was a shooting in a local movie theater down in Lafayette, LA!
We are a country at war with itself. No matter who pulls the trigger, it’s nothing more than domestic terrorism. It’s not about if black lives matter but ALL lives!!! We all want to sit back and point fingers… be it race, gender, the movies, the music or socioeconomic status… No matter how you spin it, this country’s society was founded in violence & fortified in blood!
The news you hear is not at all surprising to me. It’s not even shocking anymore. I mean I hear news of gunshot violence all the time but is it all that different than the atrocities the Native Americans experienced or us black American?
FUCK NO!!!
We traded nooses on trees to the bullet casings on the streets. No matter how you feel or try to justify it… Bloodshed is Bloodshed!
Malcolm once said, “The chickens have come home to roost!” That’s not simply a harsh statement to white Americans but to ALL Americans. While we are at arms attending funerals in sadness or protests in anger… While we are ignoring our financial crisis & several other issues in our communities, our children are dying. It’s about damn time we start dissecting the problem at the root before we have no future left.
This country is the equivalent of taking several combustible ingredients & wondering why it goes BOOM!!
That’s our history in a nutshell. We are programmed what to fear, what to hate & what to love… early on from the uterus! No matter what you believe in, history, science & even religion shows us that every beginning has an ending… And the U.S. eventually will need to take its number.
Churches aren’t safe! Neither are schools! Hell homes aren’t either.
So where does this leave us? What do we do? How do we prevent the inevitable if we can’t even stop the madness leading to it?
I can’t even begin to try to figure that out!
Well my friends… America the Beautiful doesn’t look so pretty when you smear its drag queen makeup and reveal its very own true nature at the core!
Well Until Next Time Kiddies…
Shalom
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