First of all...I'm a Democrat...a white female. I moved from PA 25 years ago and now live in Texas with my husband, a native Texan...also a Democrat. I receive many racist/hate filled emails, all from our Republican "friends and family" that break my heart.
I suppose because I was brought up in the NE I really didn't think that much about race...or racism. We are all one...Right? Perfectly reasonable to respect people of color...after all we are all Americans...or so I thought, UNTIL NOW. Do my Republican "friends & family" think we are all one? NO and HELL NO.
Emails tell the truth...things they don't dare say to my face come in loud and clear in my email box. To be specific...racisim.
A "friend" sent me another nasty viral email about President Obama yesterday...we have all seen them...pure hate...and the fact is, they enjoy sending them! They never fact check! Oh - and by the way, all of them listen to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck...repeating verbatim what their cult leaders tell them to say and think. Damn it, I'm fed up. I'm sending this diary, as an email, to every Republican I know, even though I know it will not be taken to heart. Call me cynical, but I don't have much hope for the party of selfishness.
Having said that, I have come to the conclusion that the hard right has a missing gene...a gene that controls a persons compassion. Almost all Republicans I know are hard wired the same way, very selfish. It's only about them. I believe we Democrats have an extra gene...enabling us to see the bigger picture, to envision our country as a place where all people are one and equal. But what's really happening within our country? I think most of us can agree, and, as we are now witnessing ... it's not very pretty, in fact, it's ugly and mean spirited. What we on the left want is deeper compassion, less hostility, more acceptness, and much more understanding...but based on what I see and hear...it ain't gona' happen. The Republicans are the party of GREED...they want to live in the past...when there were only WHITE Presidents. When they were in control. Now, desperate and frustrated, they fear that a Black President will out perform them...to show them up.... The Republicans need a lesson in humanity.
Think along these lines. Let's Reverse History.
Hummmmmm...what if some of this crap had happened TO WHITE people FROM BLACK people? Where would we be today if the roles were reversed...?
Blacks bring whites, imprisoned in ship bottoms, to US.
Blacks using white people as their slaves...look up "slaves."
Blacks hanging white people...from a tree...white men scared & alone.
Blacks setting white people on fire...and then cheering with satisfaction.
Blacks tying whites to a vehicle... dragged to death...torn apart.
Blacks forming a "Club" to destroy and/or kill the whites.
Blacks using white women for their sexual satisfaction.
Blacks not allowing whites to sit on a bus...or go into a restaurant.
Blacks not allowing white people to vote...giving them no voice.
Blacks carrying signs that include hate, racism, fear & lies about whites.
Blacks not allowing whites an education...deeming whites to be ignorant.
Honestly, we all know we could go on and on about this...but you get the picture.
Thankfully, I am a proud Democrat and blessed with an empathy gene...however I'm at a loss of how to stop this madness...things in America were fine as long as "the selfish party" had a WHITE PRESIDENT" ... but they don't...and that is why they are angry. Plain and simple. Otherwise, why were they not angry from 2001 to 2009? We all know why.
Yes, my heart hurts, but I won't stop hoping for better days.