History teaches us about these struggles. About people who want nothing more than to live a life of their choosing.
The revolutionary war, world war II, The Spanish crusades. We identify with the oppressed and vilify the oppressor. We say.." Never again". Today a good friend of mine who's gay and always convinced everyone dislikes or hates him. I asked him laughing " Every one loves you, why are you always so on guard?". He said" I have to be careful who I let in.. Some people don't care that you've never hurt them, wronged them in any way." He continued" I have to protect my partner and myself. If I'm not careful and the wrong people find out we aren't like them.." " Our house could be burnt down or we could be beaten in an alley somewhere, So I constantly guard myself." This floored me. I never even considered what it must be like to live in constant fear of persecution. What if I had to hide the fact that I had blue eyes or liked ... Meatloaf! If I didn't i might be beaten or worse. How far have we come as a society when that kind of thing exists next door. I'm not saying you have to agree with my liking of meatloaf lol. But to want to hurt me because of it... This person is truly a good man and it saddens me to think he lives like this.
If we hate good people because of their color, creed, religious beliefs or sexual orintation... We will all be bitter and alone.
Well said little brother. No one should have to live in fear all of the time. It is so unnecessary, wrong and evil to force a projection of our belief systems onto others to their detriment. It costs us nothing to live and let live, and everything to stifle love.
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