It is important that your neighbor understand that injustice serves no one.
She’s a liberal, although a nice person. Hence, I’m not certain of her ability to understand much of anything regarding long range or extending consequences.
But we tried.
The thing that amazes me is that the black community is always talking about how black males are railroaded into prison, they don’t get a fair trial, they are found guilty because they are black, they are an automatic suspect because of their race, etc. And yet, they turn right around and do the same thing to others, like the Duke lacrosse players. Because a person of their race said something happened, then those players were automatically found guilty in the press, etc.
And Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are just out there fanning those flames of racial divide.
As you know I am a Mormon. In the Book of Mormon, it talks about the civilizations that lived upon the American continent 600 BC to 400 AD. All through the different books, the prophets and people keep talking about the different groups that would form and that those groups were always at odds with each other. Eventually there would be a war, then a cycle of peace where everyone was the same, and then the divisions would start again. I always thought the divisions talked about were religious (those who believed in God and followed His commandments and those who did not), and the rich vs the poor. However, I am starting to realize that the divisions were by race, by physical characteristics, by political beliefs, by sex, by interests. They weren’t just citizens of one nation, they were divided by groups.
And we are seeing the same thing today, leaders using the groups to divide us as Americans. It is pretty sad. And just like the ancient civilization that lived on this continent and killed off the descendants of the righteous, it is happening in America right now. Except we believe that the Second Coming of Christ will not allow that to happen (destruction of the United States.)
Sorry, I didn’t mean to get so religous....