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Change is directly related to the past. If something once was, change is brought about by necessity. Changed can improve on or destroy what we have. It’s our choice,

We once took land by force, we forced labor by enslavement, we forced women into subservient conditions. The brute force that was once used has changed into legislation or social norms.

If we are to survive as a species, change is imperative. We were once making great progress. Civil rights laws, voting rights laws and non discrimination laws were enacted. Change was seen as necessary to most for the benefit of the species as a whole.

Of course, there has always been resistance to change.

Today, there are those who want to turn back to the past and erase the progressive changes that have taken place over the years.

These people are stuck in the past where oppression and discrimination were widespread and accepted by those in power. They have seized control through intimidation, violence and lies. They have twisted reality into a false narrative that suits their need to control.

Those who are most susceptible (for whatever reasons) to this kind of propaganda are not few. They make up almost one half of our country. How do we change the minds of these people.

We need to turn out at the polls and defeat backwards thinking politicians, we need truth tellers to speak loudly and frequently, we need politicians (and ourselves) to make people (not money) their first priority, we need religious leaders to profess and practice empathy, respect and equality for all.

Change is desperately needed; please take part in change.

How, Why… I Don’t Know, And Can’t 

I believe in some sort of creation, but I know it’s way beyond my comprehension, and to believe that it all came about because a being or “man” similar to my image said, “let it be so” just doesn’t add up in my meager brain’s collection of Neurons and Glia.

I suppose I am basically like a secular humanist, although…

I’m a Follower Of Any Religion Or Ideology That Preaches & Practices Peace, Love And Acceptance… No Hate and No Hell Allowed

The Republican Party is no more. It might as well be renamed the Wacky American Klan Party (WAK for short).

While I have never been a republican or subscribed to very much of their ideology, I acknowledge there have been those with decent moral standards and good intentions in the past.

As far as Presidents go, Lincoln, Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Eisenhower, William McKinley and possibly Bush The Senior were essentially decent human beings. Maybe there have been more, I just can’t come up with any.

Today’s maga conservative party is nothing like the party of the Presidents I mentioned above. For the most part, today’s party leans more toward an authoritarian type of government than a democracy.

Some simply call them fascist, others mention the words racist, chauvinist, crooks, religious zealots, homophobic, transphobic, antisemitic and worse.

I just call them sorry ass human beings… That seems to cover all the bases.