Will those who believe in a collective humanity and equal rights for all ever be able to co-exist with those who promote dehumanisation, exclusion and erasure of those it perceives as 'different' than themselves?
Is all this going to end in an obscene amount of violence?
The slow march of societal acceptance has worked in large part. As different groups organised and asserted their right for inclusion in our collective humanity over the years there have always been pushbacks against. Violence often errupted. But those against were always pushed back by the forces of collective humanity. Not in every area and not all at once, but things changed eventually.
Social conservative pushbacks against the civil rights movements of every era gone before have eventually failed.
Their pond is almost dried up. Only a few groups seem left at the margins, wanting their civil rights acknowledged. Like all groups before them they only want inclusion, not exclusion.
The social conservatives of this era, in a drying puddle now, have little room to breathe as they see it. Their pushback due to the constraining situation they find themselves in may well be the most violent one we've seen in a long time.
These dead-enders, these who cannot accept that everyone deserves a shot at happiness and contentment in their own lives in a world that we must all share equally, simply have no other options left.
When that violence comes, those that believe in humanity musn't be afraid to meet it head-on.
Let's dry the puddle.
Is all this going to end in an obscene amount of violence?
The slow march of societal acceptance has worked in large part. As different groups organised and asserted their right for inclusion in our collective humanity over the years there have always been pushbacks against. Violence often errupted. But those against were always pushed back by the forces of collective humanity. Not in every area and not all at once, but things changed eventually.
Social conservative pushbacks against the civil rights movements of every era gone before have eventually failed.
Their pond is almost dried up. Only a few groups seem left at the margins, wanting their civil rights acknowledged. Like all groups before them they only want inclusion, not exclusion.
The social conservatives of this era, in a drying puddle now, have little room to breathe as they see it. Their pushback due to the constraining situation they find themselves in may well be the most violent one we've seen in a long time.
These dead-enders, these who cannot accept that everyone deserves a shot at happiness and contentment in their own lives in a world that we must all share equally, simply have no other options left.
When that violence comes, those that believe in humanity musn't be afraid to meet it head-on.
Let's dry the puddle.
