As the song goes in Avenue Q, “Everyone’s a little bit racist sometimes,” and it’s true. Every time I think a racist thought, I have a little conversation with myself that goes a bit like this — “you’re being irrational, not to mention a horrible person,” and I give myself a bit of a time to review why I think this way and address my impulse then and there. I address the root of my unfounded fears, and approach my political viewpoints and actions based on reality, not irrational fear. Unfortunately, America seems to have lost its value of logic.
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Make America Rome Again: How Fast We Rise, How Fast We Can Fall
We’ve approached dangerous territory in the history of our nation, and we are at a crossroads which may forevermore shape our country and our future.
I’m not talking about Trump’s victory. This is not a liberal diatribe, as I consider myself a centrist, and while Trump supporters have a field day in trolling my posts with relentless passion, so do liberals who called me out for my few posts which questioned Hillary’s candidacy, likely inspired, in part, by the spread of fake news and leaked true information which found its way into public hands thanks to foreign governments that may or may not have been aided by a then presidential nominee and future Presidential elect.
Continue reading “Make America Rome Again: How Fast We Rise, How Fast We Can Fall”Preparing for a post Roe vs. Wade America
Born after 1970? It’s likely that you would not recall a time when abortion was illegal in many states across America. It appears that outside of those who fight for “women’s rights,” now take this freedom for granted — and, as we will learn in this coming presidency, it’s the freedoms we take for granted which are the easiest to lose. How fast we forget.
Thanks to a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court in 1973, abortion was made legal in all 50 states, even though many of the states fought and continue to fight this decision. The Supreme Court agreed 7 to 2 that the right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion.
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