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Welcome to the world that embraces division. Difficult situations that would otherwise serve as a punch to the face to snap us out of our (woefully, embarrassingly dumb) stupor and realize we need to come together instead become a fervent race to figure out how we can use it to drive the wedge between us deeper.
Truly wonderful times ahead!
No wedge is needed to drive me away from bigots, they do that on their own.
I am just sad that there is a propoganda network hammering out these bigots on the daily. How can you be a stable person in the world when since you have been able to understand the adults, all the news that has been on has been claiming there is the scary nebulous "other" out to get them.
The propaganda is real and we need to understand that many people are just brainwashed.
You go somewhere with a poorly run middle school and all you hear on the way to school in your dad's truck is Rush in the morning. You get to school and all you hear are bad stories from your friends, parents are fighting, Tom Jr's dad lost his job because the factory said immigrants took them, that liberal bean counter they employ must have made the decision your classmates echo.
You struggle through classes because not only do your parents not support your education, they are ignorant of any parental teaching responsibilities they have themselves, but even more, they are skeptical of the "liberal education system" itself and give no praise for excellence, in fact they deride people who succed academically. You wonder why you're in school at all
Your best relief is gym class, but you get made fun of in the locker room because your clothes are a little tatty. Then the gym teacher who is a big right winger starts up the baseball game and makes fun of the liberal pansises he put in the outfield, not doing much but picking flowers... as is the nature of the game and position at that level. You laugh, a hearty laugh really. It's been a while since you could laugh at anything, even if it's someone. Besides, a few of those kids made comments about your clothes earlier.
Then when you're home, from the moment you step into your house it's the same 8 familiar faces on TV telling you who wronged you and why. Sure the enemies aren't close... or are they? But you get a little relief with each passing word that it's not really your fault, it's their fault. An explosive new segment comes down the ticker reel on the TV and your dad shouts "See. They said they are downsizing! I fucking new Tom got screwed by those liberals.
You go to bed praying to the god your parents taught you of. The god who will listen to you and not them and you hope that tomorrow things will be better and they will no longer stand in the way.
We're two full generations of constant-effort work away from fixing this shithole country, and that's if we start funding and respecting education nationwide right now. It's not "brainwashing" it's a culture of hate and that isn't going to change without converting their kids out from under them.