'deep in my heart, I do believe'
I lost it today, as CNN began to go through the list of the nine people murdered in Charleston, SC--all the details about each person, and I howled like an animal.
Stuff it, every person who makes noises about "taking back" this country; stuff it, if you fly the Confederate flag--and that includes you, state of South Carolina: we all know what you really mean when you show us that flag. We know EXACTLY what you're saying, and you can stuff all your puling about Southern heritage. Your Southern heritage wears a white hood.
And, after you've inserted the Confederate flag, find some extra room for your precious 2nd Amendment, while you're at it.
I am an old white woman, and I am so tired of this. I can't even begin to try to imagine what it is like to be black; I'm wallowing in what is categorized as "white privilege" and it shows during moments like this. If I'm tired--how are YOU, every minute of every day?
I have to hold on tight to the belief that what we're seeing is the reflexive defense of a dying breed. So much progress has been made: really, it has; the road has been long and hard, but change has happened. I know because I've seen it in just my lifetime: civil rights happen, they really do. But.....there are a lot of very frightened people out there, who don't know how to deal with the concept of two men or two women marrying, or a black man in the White House, or a woman running for President, and those people are reacting right now. They are fighting very, very hard for their way of life, because they are so afraid of what is coming. I don't really understand that fear, but I do know that it inspires them to great hatred and inhuman violence: they have to hit back, as hard as they can, out of their fear.
The rest of us have to hold the line. They're going to try so hard to push us back, but we have to hold the line. History is on our side--not theirs; and history says that the future is ours, too--that's why loser worms like the SC terrorist lash out so violently. If we weren't winning, one tiny step at a time, he wouldn't be so angry. I've got to keep reminding myself of that fact. Hold the line. We Shall Overcome, Some Day--I Do Believe.
And then.....in the days since I wrote this in fury: the Confederate battle rag is being stripped from public places (don't worry, bigots: you can still hang it all over your houses and trucks--thanks for the self labeling); the Affordable Heathcare Act was reaffirmed (AGAIN); same-sex marriage is legal throughout the US; and President Obama delivered one of the most profound, beautiful, and inspiring speeches ever. From the depths to the heights in just one week. Amazing Grace, indeed.
Stuff it, every person who makes noises about "taking back" this country; stuff it, if you fly the Confederate flag--and that includes you, state of South Carolina: we all know what you really mean when you show us that flag. We know EXACTLY what you're saying, and you can stuff all your puling about Southern heritage. Your Southern heritage wears a white hood.
And, after you've inserted the Confederate flag, find some extra room for your precious 2nd Amendment, while you're at it.
I am an old white woman, and I am so tired of this. I can't even begin to try to imagine what it is like to be black; I'm wallowing in what is categorized as "white privilege" and it shows during moments like this. If I'm tired--how are YOU, every minute of every day?
I have to hold on tight to the belief that what we're seeing is the reflexive defense of a dying breed. So much progress has been made: really, it has; the road has been long and hard, but change has happened. I know because I've seen it in just my lifetime: civil rights happen, they really do. But.....there are a lot of very frightened people out there, who don't know how to deal with the concept of two men or two women marrying, or a black man in the White House, or a woman running for President, and those people are reacting right now. They are fighting very, very hard for their way of life, because they are so afraid of what is coming. I don't really understand that fear, but I do know that it inspires them to great hatred and inhuman violence: they have to hit back, as hard as they can, out of their fear.
The rest of us have to hold the line. They're going to try so hard to push us back, but we have to hold the line. History is on our side--not theirs; and history says that the future is ours, too--that's why loser worms like the SC terrorist lash out so violently. If we weren't winning, one tiny step at a time, he wouldn't be so angry. I've got to keep reminding myself of that fact. Hold the line. We Shall Overcome, Some Day--I Do Believe.
And then.....in the days since I wrote this in fury: the Confederate battle rag is being stripped from public places (don't worry, bigots: you can still hang it all over your houses and trucks--thanks for the self labeling); the Affordable Heathcare Act was reaffirmed (AGAIN); same-sex marriage is legal throughout the US; and President Obama delivered one of the most profound, beautiful, and inspiring speeches ever. From the depths to the heights in just one week. Amazing Grace, indeed.