" I don't want them reacting the way the ones in Texas did." Thank you for this, Eric.
To react differently, people have to change their thinking, abandon their emotional and cognitive scarring from the past, eschew their bigotries, challenge their own assumptions and the assertions of "leaders" who prey on their fears. Is it naive to suggest these requirements? Perhaps. But if this can't be done by those with authority, then truly our country is in perilous condition. I retain the hope that as we have demonstrated in the past (e.g. JapaneseAmerican WWII internment, cigarette smoking, women suffrage, awareness of environmental damage caused by human activity) that we Americans, like peoples elsewhere, have the ability to discern even deeply embedded social and political and mental mistakes and correct our course. Is this naive? Perhaps. But I would prefer to pursue a naive course of action -- no matter how small the odds of success are--than to accept passively a deep situation that clearly harms our society, endangers our kids future, and limits the manifestation of human qualities and aspirations. Lawry On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:45 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't want them reacting the way the ones in Texas did.
