Pedro's Podium: Racism in the 21st Century Part 2

Those who wish to lead must unite a people to succeed. Those who divide are doomed to failure. There will always be people that consider themselves to be superior to everyone. These people will denigrate and ridicule anyone who does not agree with their way of thinking. It is common to see the ill informed, arrogant, and elitist refer to others in generalized terms in an attempt to dehumanize a group or individual. This type of behavior is usually done to make the person doing it to feed their inflated egos and to attempt show others that are superior in some way. The problem lies in the underling reasoning. If you must denigrate another person to somehow feel superior then you are only demonstrating a lack of culture, intelligence, reasoning, and overall humanity. To continue such behavior begins to border on stupidity.

The human race consist of a rainbow of diverse ideas. No two people have the same exact thought process. We form groups for self protection or for common cause, but it is rare for any group to stay totally united unless there is respect within the group. Group think can lead to gang mentality, but generally only when spurred on by a agitating element. Such as external threats or shows of force. People will defend themselves when threatened. In the current environment I don't see acts of violence from the right, since many are now feeling empowered after many years of isolation. The Progressives are the group that seems to be more threatened and are currently committing acts that can inspire their own ranks to some sort of action. I see gang mentality in the egging of buses and the attacks on Tea Party members. When the attacks go from being made on the group to personal attacks and slurs the line has been crossed. Members of the Democrat party, SEIU, other Progressive hate groups, affiliated hate group have crossed the line several times.

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Individuals that do wrong must be called out, but the intellectually lazy way that some people attack whole groups with unfounded slurs gains nothing for the whole and diminishes the person behind the attack. Such is the state of the current political debate. Instead of debating issues, the media and those that blindly follow are attacking all who disagree with their agenda. Rational thought and consideration have been reduced to name calling. If you only see the world in black and white then you need to take a long look at yourself.

People like Jon Stewart, Kieth Olbermann, Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, and others on the left continue to spout the "Tea Bagger" slur. Many on the left see this as funny. The attempt is to denigrate, dismiss, and distort the concerns of a growing number of Americans. These people have a right to free speech. But with freedom comes responsibility. Jon Stewart is a comedian and does not hid that fact, he admits that he and his staff "make stuff up" and calls himself the "king of fake news." But even in satire there are limits. It seems that many of the self appointed intellectuals don't understand that they are repeating a lie told to insight laughter. The "real" news people repeat the meme with hate in mind. The unfounded accusations of violent made by many of these left wing Progressives appear to be a call for violence. Being in the "news" business does not mean that they should inspire the unstable to commit violent acts, just to keep themselves in a job or discredit those who you wish to attack.

It is time that those in power stop the racist language and listen to those who they are swore to defend. It is time to call out the intellectually challenged and stop listening to those who only wish to destroy. We must work to educate those who in their ignorance believe that they have all the answers, when they refuse to consider alternatives. We need each other and our ideas. We must live together with our differences because they make us stronger, not weaker. From the President down and the least skilled job up, we all have our place in society. We must be willing to listen to everyone concerns and not dismiss anyone simply based upon some bigoted ideas of personal or group superiority. In simple terms: People who bully.

We must stand up for each other or be forced to our knees. Those who spread hate and blame those who only want to be heard must be shown what freedom is all about. At some point you must realize that you can no longer support a person's free speech right when its ultimate goal is to silence all opposed. Treason is the only crime called out in the Constitution. It is time to consider what is treason and how can we defend ourselves against the internal forces that divide us. As citizens it is our ultimate responsibility to protect our rights and defeat those who would rob us. Everyone's Civil Rights are endangered as long as we allow the continued unfounded racial slurs and personal attacks. We must continue to unite for the common causes of life and liberty.

For actions there are consequences. Just like the firing of the voice over actor for the GEICO commercials, the American people must stand up against ignorance, bigotry, and hate. There must be a price paid by those who would divide us for their own personal gain. It is time to show those who consider themselves to be above us just how small and alone they can be when taking on the American people. If there are those who are doing wrong they must be pointed out and punished. That is on both sides. The bullying must end and end now. The only way to stop the bully is to confront them. People that bully are cowards. We must take on these people. Defeat is not an option. We must stop the Progressive racist that wish to segregate us again and turn us one upon the other for their personal gain.

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