I saw this painted on a storefront window.
Community, United We Stand.
With all the polarization these days, is this still true?
Unity is literally built into Comm-unity.
Divided, we tear each other apart.
Instead, we could accomplish so much together. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
On the alt-liberal left–a “radical Islamist” leaning and violent Antifa.
On the ultra-conservative right–Neo-Nazi and White Supremacists.
And in the middle (regardless of political beliefs)–good people of faith and integrity with seemingly nowhere to turn.
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{And I don’t know what this is, but this is what I am hearing…}
Behold and fear a great fear.
Evil and violence will soon be upon you.
The forces of crushing hate will collide and spread throughout the face of the earth.
And the people will suffer a very great suffering.
And they will call out to the L-rd, and they will repent from their misguided wayward ways.
And the L-rd will see their judgement and he will cause a great stirring in man.
Great weapons will be released and a very great cleansing of man’s hearts will occur.
I say to you redemption is upon you.
Redemption first by great pain and suffering, and then by great joy and exaltation.
And peace and morality will be restored on Earth.
Here this and hear it well, the time is short and good people must ready.
Gather yourselves together and prepare for the end of days and the beginning of days.
Those that are good and gathered will see peace and survive the onslaught before my mercy while many others will perish.
{Then the streaming tapers off…}
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I don’t understand the call for a gathering–aren’t we safer perhaps spread out?
Perhaps the gathering refers to G-d’s promise to gather His people from the four corners of the Earth.
– And they will walk the sacred middle ground through the Red Sea to the promised Holy Land.
The liberal left and conservative right have been overtaken by violent nutty extremists and radicals.
They have “split” from normal thinking and doing the correct thing–they have gone over the top!
A new righteous center–driven by faith and a moral compass –desperately needs to emerge now.
Hopefully, this will bring us to a new peace and prosperity–because the current isn’t working. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Watching the Neo-Nazis and white supremacists march in Charlottesville, VA yesterday made me sick.
They represent the worst of what human beings have to offer–hate, bigotry, and violence.
The event was culminated when a car driven by one of these hate-mongers apparently intentionally slammed into a crowd of anti-protester and killed a 32-year old woman and injured 19 others–what a sick, sick soul!
This miserable event just 2 days shy of 2-months from when Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA) and 4 others were shot at a baseball field in Alexandria, VA by another nut job from the alt-left.
Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) said it right when he stated on national TV last evening:
“The hate and division must stop, and it must stop right now.”
But as we face large, looming enemies on the international scene — like dangerous Axis of Evil, North Korea and Iran — with weapons of mass destruction aimed at our shores and cities, all we can do is hate and fight internally.
What is wrong with this country now — when so many seem to have abandoned personal integrity and national unity — and shoot verbally and physically at each other instead of at the real enemies that seek to lay waste to our beloved homeland of the free and the brave?
Soon the missiles will reign down and the hate will smelter in the derangement of conscience.
(Source Photo: Twitter)
So they say about Washington politics, “if you’re not on offense, then you’re on defense.”
In the polarized mood of the nation, this has never been more true.
The alt-left and alt-right are stronger than ever and pointing fingers and fists at one another.
Each side, the ultra -liberals and -conservatives are duking it out over who is is going on the offensive today.
Only to be outmaneuvered the very next day and be placed back on the defensive.
Who communicated with the Russians today?
Who used their private email today?
Who committed perjury and lied under oath today?
Who was offensive and even violent at rallies and protests today?
And on and on…
You’re either on offense or your stuck on defense!
And the more polarized and hateful of each other this nation has become, including in the media, the more the outrageous the accusations and the more alternate facts and fake news.
But what I learned today is that this doesn’t just apply to politics.
Religion is another prime source for discrimination and hate of your fellow man.
I remember learning that over history, more people have died in wars in the name of religion than for any other reason.
So too today, the “crazy-hard line” ultra religious and the “throw-it-all away” irreligious are just as polarized.
The religious mock the irreligious as self-haters and atheists and the irreligious make fun of the rightwing religious as abusive and robotic.
Moreover, any disagreement results in insults and loathing over who is morally superior.
Of course, everyone cites sources and authorities to show why their position is the correct one and everyone else is wrong about religion and G-d.
Attack, defend, attack, defend.
No wonder nothing is getting constructively done.
No wonder children are confused.
No wonder those around us laugh at our seeming inability to come together, all as G-d’s wonderful creatures.
Who will be on the attack today and who will be on defense.
If only we could have a panini instead of all this anger, hate, extremism, and rejectionist bias toward our fellow man. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
When media becomes propaganda, this country is in serious trouble.
We are so busy telling each other what “the truth” is that nothing is getting done.
While Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and radical Islamist terrorists increase in strength and bravado, we are fighting one another here at home.
As more people in the U.S. gravitate to the extremes–alt-left and alt-right–lines in sand are drawn between us, while the red lines defending our common interests are eviscerated.
Self-destructing from within, while we outwardly spend $600 billion on defense–34% of that of the entire world!
No strategy or weapons can defend us, when fake news and alternate facts and hatred of one another is at our present-day core.
Tearing us apart, the endless hateful calls of:
– “Not my President”
– “Resistance and persistence“
– “Love Trumps Hate”
– “Deplorables, Nazis, Communists!”
The political extremists and their media henchmen are leading the charge to America’s downfall and possible doomsday.
Unless we, the American people, can moderate and unify and love each other again.
We must before our enemies take advantage of our inner divisiveness and weakness.
If we don’t come to our common senses, then we may very well pay a most heavy price in our persons, property, and freedom that we all so cherish and value. 😉
Even though the election is over…divisiveness in America is as high as ever, if not at all time highs.
We’re seeing it hurtfully in terms of bias, bigotry, and hate all around us:
– Protests, outright hostility, and violence (some sponsored) between left and right.
– Murders of police officers and African Americans betwixt the rise of Black Lives Matter.
– Calls for justice to “Lock her up” and defiant calls of “Not my President!”
– Labeling of people as bigots and racists amidst calls to “Make America Great Again.”
– Conspiracy theories of links with Russia juxtaposed with Wikileaks of collusion against Bernie Sanders.
– Powerful political machines, operatives, media handlers, fundraising, advertising, and big data to “get out the vote” for your candidate.
– The blue wall falling in the election as working-class whites abandoned the party they felt abandoned them.
– Gender glass ceilings, pay differentials, and inequality going up against the hope of a first female President of the United States.
– Growing income and wealth inequality of the elites and trade imbalances with other nations amidst Occupy Wall Street and a nostalgia to return our manufacturing, jobs, and main street to America.
Divisiveness of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, wealth and more are showing up in the positioning of people along the broad political spectrum.
This spectrum spans from ultimate control and dictatorship to outright chaos and anarchy, and with lots of options in between.
So where do you fall on the political spectrum yesterday, today, and how about tomorrow? 😉
(Source Graphic: Andy Blumenthal)
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