Vandalism, Insurrection or Protest?
What defines the difference? Does mob rule justify destruction of other people's property? Is mob rule a valid protest or the start of an insurrection.? Russia 1917 or China 1949.
He who is the victor writes the history books. Those who write the history books often lie by omission. The main objective is to present the "facts" in a manner which supports the prevailing social and political agenda. We seldom hear the whole story.
If you disrespect the uniform, does that make all police offices villains? If you remove all record of the past will it change the present?
Some have said if you do not know your history you are doomed to repeat your mistakes.
With massive numbers of illegal immigrants it is impossible to maintain respect for the law of the land. They had no respect for the laws when they illegally entered this country. Their actions are feeding a general distrust of law enforcement. This is what their children learn from their parents.
The feeling of mistrust grows like a cancer on society and the rabble rousers are feeding off the insecurity bred by the actions of a few.
Ten percent of the general population is not worth the powder it would take to blow them all to Hell.
Is this ten percent the true picture of our society?
I have been the only white man visible in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and was welcomed by the neighbors. I did not greet my neighbors with what some blacks call the "attitude", I greeted them with a smile and a handshake.
I built trust and mutual friendship and we truly enjoyed our neighborhood.
Is it possible that the police are being greeted like they are the enemy?
The lack of trust breeds contempt on both sides, strange that we have sides when we should be working towards a common goal. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!
