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Here comes a thought, that might alarm you.
9 years ago
General
This may seem like another journal being about oh no, what happened. It kind of is, it kind of isn't. I want to open up by saying that I am concerned most about our rights as individual human beings, not just as furries or scalies or anything. We are human beings, we stand up for each other because we believe in whats right. Not every human being is perfect as seen by the events last night, but that said they are still human. They are all people, with love, with ideas, with feelings, with stories about themselves, and no matter how much you hate what has happened we must not stoop down to a level where we attack other people because of what happened as people are able to change their mind, they are able to be taught, they can understand how we feel and we can understand how they feel just by talking to them. But remember they have the same rights as you.
That's just one thing I wanted to say. The second thing is our rights are currently on the line. I will not stand idly by if our rights get taken away as it affects ALL OF US, not just you and I but the people around you. For all you know hateful person may have someone in their family who is also gay or whatever that can't be represented because their rights were taken away. If our rights begin disappearing in front of us, I want to see us all stand up together and say with a loud voice, and not just -A- loud voice, but one that will resonate that says that we will fight, that we will stand up, that we will not go quietly into the night without a fight. We are not just Americans, we are human! And our goal as a people, as a species should be the protection of everyone, everything, and every bit of this planet and whatever else. Our goal should be the preservation of this entire planet into the stars and beyond. But that feels like it's in jeapordy, and what can we do to secure our future if the future currently looks bleak? We do have to keep trying, we have to stand up, or else we fall into a deep hole of despair. But while we stand, we need to stand for our fellow people, no matter what their views are for if we stand up just for ourselves without any thoughts of the others, I fear we are doomed to repeat the past and cause major harm to the people around us.
I want to also tell you that I am a major history buff. I have studied cultures and histories. I have studied how this world works and how we have repeated history on so many different places and different times. Many of us today are fearing for their lives, for the livlihoods, their families, their friends, their countries. They fear that we have taken too many steps backwards, that we have let something horrific happen. That may be true, and then again it may not be the case. But it's hard to see through the tears that we have for the people around us. It's okay to be afraid, at least for a little bit but we need to realize we cannot become complacent, that we cannot sit idly by as we have a bit of time to make sure we make this right or rather to stick for our people. We have seen Jefferson and Adams, Lincoln and Douglas, and many other presidencies in the United States of America. We have seen scandals, and we have seen events that have made us question what makes our country so great. "We've had a lot of hardships and tests of character before and the country has managed to stay united, we need to remember the divions of the past and keep our minds on how we got through those in order to help us through our current hardships and the major divide" This is sadly one of those piviotal moments in our history, and we all knew, if we studied it, that it was going to happen. I just don't think anyone knew that it would be like -this-.
I have thought about this immensely, I am constantly thinking about it to the point where it's hard to move, to think, to understand where I am coming from as a person and as an individual. How can I help the people around me understand what to do next, how can I help everyone without having to divide our beautiful country and the kindness that we as a people but not as a government, evoke to the world around us. "-And this is why I have written this journal-"
The one thing that we must do now, is one very very specific word.
-THINK-
With this word, we think about what we are as a people and as individuals, we think about how we can move forward as a society, we think about how we can protect the people that we love from hate and bigotry, but we also think about why that hate and bigotry exists and how we can lessen it through our actions. We think about how we can fix this country to a point where it is not divided anymore and think about how we even got here in the first place. We have to think about how we as a society manage to survive and how we don't give into hate and bigotry. We need to think about our actions before we make them otherwise we are no better than the ones who attack our civil liberties and ideas. We have to think about how we reunite our country under the values of free speech, free press, freedeom of assembly, freedom to petition, and the freedom of religion, where we also excercise the other freedoms given to us under the Constitution. We have to think about how to think, and we need to think together in order to protect the future of our planet, for we only have one.
We are going down a very dark path, especially when I look back at history and see what kind of people are currently in power in our country.
If you are American, do not think about just four years from now. I implore you to think about in the next two years and stand up and support the candidates who will move forward to help this country in a way that is beneficial to ALL people. We are a society fo freethinkers who are also one of the largest melting pots in the world. In order to protect our future we must work together to come up with solutions. I for one have decided that I will begin looking into politics and see how I can change the world. I feel that I have to do it, because I love everyone around me and I'll be damned if I don't help them out.
So please, remember. Think about how we can work together, because when we work together we can accomplish great things very, very quickly.
Dialuca01
"Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you,
I'd rather write about laughing than crying,
For laughter makes men human, and courageous."
La Vie de Gargantua et de Patagruel
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: A plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein.
That's just one thing I wanted to say. The second thing is our rights are currently on the line. I will not stand idly by if our rights get taken away as it affects ALL OF US, not just you and I but the people around you. For all you know hateful person may have someone in their family who is also gay or whatever that can't be represented because their rights were taken away. If our rights begin disappearing in front of us, I want to see us all stand up together and say with a loud voice, and not just -A- loud voice, but one that will resonate that says that we will fight, that we will stand up, that we will not go quietly into the night without a fight. We are not just Americans, we are human! And our goal as a people, as a species should be the protection of everyone, everything, and every bit of this planet and whatever else. Our goal should be the preservation of this entire planet into the stars and beyond. But that feels like it's in jeapordy, and what can we do to secure our future if the future currently looks bleak? We do have to keep trying, we have to stand up, or else we fall into a deep hole of despair. But while we stand, we need to stand for our fellow people, no matter what their views are for if we stand up just for ourselves without any thoughts of the others, I fear we are doomed to repeat the past and cause major harm to the people around us.
I want to also tell you that I am a major history buff. I have studied cultures and histories. I have studied how this world works and how we have repeated history on so many different places and different times. Many of us today are fearing for their lives, for the livlihoods, their families, their friends, their countries. They fear that we have taken too many steps backwards, that we have let something horrific happen. That may be true, and then again it may not be the case. But it's hard to see through the tears that we have for the people around us. It's okay to be afraid, at least for a little bit but we need to realize we cannot become complacent, that we cannot sit idly by as we have a bit of time to make sure we make this right or rather to stick for our people. We have seen Jefferson and Adams, Lincoln and Douglas, and many other presidencies in the United States of America. We have seen scandals, and we have seen events that have made us question what makes our country so great. "We've had a lot of hardships and tests of character before and the country has managed to stay united, we need to remember the divions of the past and keep our minds on how we got through those in order to help us through our current hardships and the major divide" This is sadly one of those piviotal moments in our history, and we all knew, if we studied it, that it was going to happen. I just don't think anyone knew that it would be like -this-.
I have thought about this immensely, I am constantly thinking about it to the point where it's hard to move, to think, to understand where I am coming from as a person and as an individual. How can I help the people around me understand what to do next, how can I help everyone without having to divide our beautiful country and the kindness that we as a people but not as a government, evoke to the world around us. "-And this is why I have written this journal-"
The one thing that we must do now, is one very very specific word.
-THINK-
With this word, we think about what we are as a people and as individuals, we think about how we can move forward as a society, we think about how we can protect the people that we love from hate and bigotry, but we also think about why that hate and bigotry exists and how we can lessen it through our actions. We think about how we can fix this country to a point where it is not divided anymore and think about how we even got here in the first place. We have to think about how we as a society manage to survive and how we don't give into hate and bigotry. We need to think about our actions before we make them otherwise we are no better than the ones who attack our civil liberties and ideas. We have to think about how we reunite our country under the values of free speech, free press, freedeom of assembly, freedom to petition, and the freedom of religion, where we also excercise the other freedoms given to us under the Constitution. We have to think about how to think, and we need to think together in order to protect the future of our planet, for we only have one.
We are going down a very dark path, especially when I look back at history and see what kind of people are currently in power in our country.
If you are American, do not think about just four years from now. I implore you to think about in the next two years and stand up and support the candidates who will move forward to help this country in a way that is beneficial to ALL people. We are a society fo freethinkers who are also one of the largest melting pots in the world. In order to protect our future we must work together to come up with solutions. I for one have decided that I will begin looking into politics and see how I can change the world. I feel that I have to do it, because I love everyone around me and I'll be damned if I don't help them out.
So please, remember. Think about how we can work together, because when we work together we can accomplish great things very, very quickly.
Dialuca01
"Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you,
I'd rather write about laughing than crying,
For laughter makes men human, and courageous."
La Vie de Gargantua et de Patagruel
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: A plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein.
People need to learn to live with each other, no matter the gender, race, religion, or if they are gay, furry, or otherwise.
We can only move forward with cooperation and understanding. What good does it do if we all label everyone as different than yourself and should be ashamed of themselves?
What good does it do when people gets to each others throat, unwilling to understand or cooperate with other humans? All I can say is, it's not a happy ending, for anyone. People you care for might get hurt, their friends may get hurt, and THEIR friends may get hurt.
The point is, we are quite capable for understanding, cooperate, and respect each other, AS A RACE AS A WHOLE. Color, gender, religion are irrelevant. What IS relevant, is to be able to accept the next person as they are, it doesn't make them less human, it's what makes humans interesting. We are a culturally diverse race, that is what it is to be Human. It doesn't matter if you're from North America, South America, Europe, the middle East, whatever. It still doesn't change the fact that we're human, every life matters, and has the right to be who they are. But being able to accept each other for who we are is very important. Otherwise, we will just wind up destroying each other.
As mentioned above, we need to avoid making the same mistakes that were done in the past. We've went through two major wars, plus countless other conflicts up to this day. We've all said in the past that we need to do everything to make sure that never happens again. As we get close to November 11, Remembrance day to all the souls that sacrificed their lives to make a better world during times of great conflict, to end the war and suffering. And you know what? As I look back for the 31 years I've been alive for... And you know what? I'm... surprised we've not progress all that much. Sure, there's not all-out war, true. But... as a species, we've not made much progress as a whole.
For a while, I thought things were improving, slowly but surely. But... then I started to hear the events that happened about shootings committed by officers, and it started to make me realize that the world is not in such a good position that I wanted to believe.
Everyone needs to stop and think on our future, and I'm not talking about YOUR future, I'm referring to OUR future, as a species.
As a species united, we have the potential to do amazing things, but we can't do such things while fighting each other. (Whether it's simply two people having a heated argument, unwilling to bend, to nations considering war an option.)
These conflicts (whether it's conflicts, or inequality to other races, religions, disposition), hold us as a species back. It's the one hurdle we need to work out so we can keep making progress.
To summaries, Every single person is important. No-one is lesser than the other, EVERYONE is equally important, and we need to set aside our differences, or at the VERY least, learn to accept that not everyone is the same, but they have the right to life just as much as you do. To forsake someone because of race, gender, religion, or any other reason is wrong, and should the world continues to harbor such beliefs, it will eventually end in tragedy we promised the past generations to avoid doing the same mistakes. People learn by making mistakes, same could be said as far as Humanity goes, but one must be willing to learn from past mistakes to learn from them.
I implore you, don't let past mistakes repeat again, it would make all the past sacrifices made to get us to this point meaningless.
Beautifully put as well!