Too many of us have completely forgotten why America exists. In a short summary, our first colonists came from England. They left England because they were tired of following the ways of life, including religion, that were most prominent in England. More specifically they were tired of being compelled to laws based on religion. They were tired of not being allowed to speak freely, for in their heads they knew that they were equipped with the power of knowledge. They were tired of not being allowed to share their own opinions and views on how to live. Most importantly, all humans are born with rights. These rights have been taken away through trickery and bullying. So they landed here, and after a short while (a couple hundred years or so) they decided that they shouldn't have to send money back to England because they had no use for what England was offering. Hence the American Revolution.
As of now, we still believe we are independent yet consider these facts:
1. We have no choice in the passing of laws, only the Congressman who pass them.
2. No law is passed without an attached law that is not even considered during the vote.
3. There is a new directive to control material over the airwaves despite a major poll showing that over 80% of Americans think the government should stay out of that area and let the parents take responsibility.
4. The religions that embrace Jesus Christ get the most "publicity" in patriotic songs yet the Jewish religion stands strong in this country and doesn't accept Jesus as the messiah.
5. Our lives are dictated based on what the "economists" say
6. Despite the common knowledge that education will get you further in life, if everyone got further in life, nobody would do the dirty work.
7. The people doing the dirty work are spit upon
8. From childhood we were taught that monopolies were illegal, yet more and more companies are buying each other out to form one massive corporation that sells Doritos, Pepsi, Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell and so on...
9. Every infringement on our freedoms follows the same path Action, Anger, Acceptance, Amnesia
This country is based on freedom yet we so willingly throw our freedoms away, forwhat purpose? To save us from the rest of the world? When a race of people come from a land that has no natural resources, should they be looked down on? Did they choose to be born there? As the superior animal race on this planet, not only should we embrace all other humans, but accept them as willing partners in this thing called life. Is it any wonder that the races mired in poverty reproduce at an accelerated rate, when that may be their only hope to overtake the lucky ones who were born on a natural resource? Before it goes that far, they need to be embraced and there is only one thing that is stopping us from doing that.
Profits. Profits lead to exploitation and despoil. They need protection from a government of some kind. Thomas Jefferson helped start this great nation that so many are proud of, yet he said that not only is man capable of self-governing, he deserves it. Laws do not make bad men good. Men make laws, not laws men .
Stand up for your rights, we are all here together, what the media shows you is not a normal cross section of the world. It is only a portrayal of the world that gets ratings, which in turn attracts advertising, which exists to make more profits for a certain business and therefore makes profits for the media.
My promise to you: In the event that things fall apart, I will bring you back to your happy life, and even make things better. I will show you how everyone you know has a certain quality that will make your life better in turn for you providing your strength for the rest of us. We are all here together. United we stand, divided we fall.
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"Rehumanization." PART ONE
"...My computer's spelling, grammar function does not recognize the word "rehumanization." Every time I spell it out, it suggests that I substitute it with "dehumanization," every time it malfunctions in this manner, I want to slap my computer, tell it that dehumanization is the problem, not the answer or solution to anything. Simply put, rehumanization is the antithesis of dehumanization. Neither does my Webster's New World dictionary recognize the word rehumanization. The word simply does not exist. This is very troubling. This is not a lament regarding my computer's deficient spell-check function (which butchers virtually everything that is not part of Anglo-American culture), nor my dated dictionary. This is more an observation about the society we live in. A decade ago, I had a conversation with a Buddhist friend Nancy Mallory on a related topic (which resulted in a column). I had mentioned how the concept of rehumanization was alien to this society. To which she retorted: "They teach you everything at universities, except how to be a good human being." "Precisely," I responded. That the word rehumanization continues to be alien to our society is telling. This is not merely about our societal vocabulary, but rather, about its absence as an antidote. After thousands of years of dehumanization, brutality, war, the concept continues to be foreign to U.S./Western culture.
Rehumanization." PART TWO
(In many indigenous cultures, the rehumanization of severely traumatized members is of the highest priority.) The genesis of European dehumanization of native peoples on this continent dates to at least 1492. Here, Europeans subjected indigenous peoples to unprecedented forms of physical, cultural, spiritual subjugation by way of "reducciones" (spiritual re-education camps). That's different from simple warfare, colonization, land theft. That Europeans debated the humanity of the people of this continent for 50 years before the Pope decreed so in the affirmative is indisputable, as is said, "The rest is genocide." But I digress. But not really. The observation is that after more than 512 years of continual aggression, belligerence, dehumanization against indigenous, African peoples on this continent, one would think that as a society, we would have embarked upon a complete societal spiritual cleansing process. But such a rehumanization process, including apologies, reparations, has never captured the public imagination. Instead, society simply contemptuously blames those who have been subjected to that dehumanization for their own condition, Even among kindred spirits, many believe that those most damaged by these oppressive forces are the ones most in need of being rehumanized. They do. We do. But that's like looking at the world through the wrong end of the binoculars. This is what causes well-meaning anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists to seek to assist these populations, what compels some toward charity, as opposed to promoting self-determination. It's true that some of the most severely damaged individuals (due to racial oppression) in this society begin to emulate their oppressors.
PART THREE
Dehumanization, dehumanizing relations become the norm. They come to see "white devils" everywhere, for some, Jews become the extreme objects of their fixation, ideology of hate. Not incidentally, many become misogynistic, they feel good about the venoms they espouse. Their sickness is easy to diagnose, just as the sickness of a Klansman or a racist border vigilante is also easy to diagnose. But what these sick aberrations mask is the broader, greater manifestation of a society that still is seemingly incapable of understanding that its very moral foundation is rooted upon a culture of dehumanization. (Amid lofty universal ideals of freedom, liberty, this society permitted land theft, genocide, slavery, segregation, the disenfranchisement of women, non-whites.) The solution requires not simply treating its victims, but also (primarily) its perpetrators. Beyond that, it's also needed for those who've normalized the dehumanized behaviors, attitudes (the majority) that silently condone that dehumanization. The question of course is, what precisely is rehumanization? It is the process by which one becomes human once again, the process of becoming a good human being. It is rooting out notions of moral, physical, spiritual superiority. It is to be guided primarily by the pursuit of truth, it is living in a way in which all life is valued as sacred. There are actually many paths toward rehumanization, the bigger challenge is not to simply find our own path, but to take part in rehumanizing society itself. My computer doesn't recognize the word "reindigenization" either. It's malfunctioning again..."
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Below, the comments are obviously appearing backwards, so make sure you read part 1 then 2 then 3. I seem to recall this same posting in a previous entry. So either be careful about clicking the links that are contained in part 3, or know that somebody really gives a shit about printing this message.
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