“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” These were the words adorning a face mask worn by my best friend as she left Hannaford last week. A man walking in directed an audible obscenity toward her. I’m not going to repeat said obscenity in a family newspaper, but it started with “Biden” and ended with a word that rhymes with “rocksucker.” Apparently he was neither a fan of CDC guidelines nor of the current president. Still, an unwarranted vile verbal assault on a stranger is unacceptable on any terms.
Contrast this offensive, vulgarity-spewing miscreant with the many whose actions reveal incredible character — those whose selflessness goes above and beyond to bolster our community. They are the people who inspire the rest of us to strive to rise to a higher level. There are many such valley treasures, and I’ll mention a mere few who rank among them.
“In a world where you can be anything, what better to be than kind?”
Absolutely! Words to live by. And let’s also be tolerant and empathetic of those that have different thoughts and opinions. Isn’t that, of course, the true essence of our Right to free expression and speech?
In a time when a majority of our News and Media/Technology outlets are overwhelmingly one-sided, it becomes almost impossible, seemingly by design, for there to be any contrasting opinions or thoughts that are not identical to the Left’s orthodoxy, or the Democrat’s agenda.
But even worse are the verbal abuses and negative invectives being cast on those that push back. Or worse, the attempts to “Cancel” those that hold opposing opinions as “Misinformed”, “Haters”, “Flat-Earthers”, “Anti-Vaxcers”, and “Redneck Rubes”.
So while your friend’s experience was disturbing, it is certainly not an isolated nor exclusive one to her. Believe it or not, there have been ill-mannered verbal darts thrown at those who don’t wear masks also.
In the past several months I have been referred to or demonized as a “Domestic Terrorist”, “Homophobe”, “Transphobe”, “Nazi”, “White Supremacist”, “Alt-Right Extremist”, etc., simply because I don’t blindly agree with, or support the current Democrat Party, the President, his policies, or the direction I see him taking our Country.
So yes, let’s all be kind… And let’s act like mature, thinking, responsible adults too. Critical thinking, questioning authority, and a healthy dose of skepticism will always serve us better than blind obedience, or acceptance just because, “They” say so.
Lastly, there are plenty of people doing good work to support our community on both sides of the political spectrum. Maybe that should be our focus and commonality.
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“In a world where you can be anything, what better to be than kind?”
Absolutely! Words to live by. And let’s also be tolerant and empathetic of those that have different thoughts and opinions. Isn’t that, of course, the true essence of our Right to free expression and speech?
In a time when a majority of our News and Media/Technology outlets are overwhelmingly one-sided, it becomes almost impossible, seemingly by design, for there to be any contrasting opinions or thoughts that are not identical to the Left’s orthodoxy, or the Democrat’s agenda.
But even worse are the verbal abuses and negative invectives being cast on those that push back. Or worse, the attempts to “Cancel” those that hold opposing opinions as “Misinformed”, “Haters”, “Flat-Earthers”, “Anti-Vaxcers”, and “Redneck Rubes”.
So while your friend’s experience was disturbing, it is certainly not an isolated nor exclusive one to her. Believe it or not, there have been ill-mannered verbal darts thrown at those who don’t wear masks also.
In the past several months I have been referred to or demonized as a “Domestic Terrorist”, “Homophobe”, “Transphobe”, “Nazi”, “White Supremacist”, “Alt-Right Extremist”, etc., simply because I don’t blindly agree with, or support the current Democrat Party, the President, his policies, or the direction I see him taking our Country.
So yes, let’s all be kind… And let’s act like mature, thinking, responsible adults too. Critical thinking, questioning authority, and a healthy dose of skepticism will always serve us better than blind obedience, or acceptance just because, “They” say so.
Lastly, there are plenty of people doing good work to support our community on both sides of the political spectrum. Maybe that should be our focus and commonality.
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