"When you can't find the sunshine. Be the sunshine." Another poignant piece of art created by the children in my community. It was something I needed to see as Mondays are typically the most difficult day given the fact that my wife returns to work much to anger of our oldest son. Mondays are SO difficult because here we are coming off of two or three straight days of my boys excited to have their mama around only for her to go back to her job while our oldest seethes over the lack of one on one time with her. It was also difficult because a friend of mine had sent me a link to a local news story from last week regarding a resident receiving hate-mail in regard to her black lives matters yard signs. Suffice to say the anonymous author referred to her as a "Low Class N-word lover" in addition to more hate rhetoric regarding her support of the movement which accused her of dragging down the community and asking her to leave at their behest. The letter ended with "See you around the community." My gut reaction to that? Then maybe you should have signed your name to your hate filled letter. I mean, come on...clearly as a life-long resident of our community you feel as though you have earned some kind of elder statesman honor...its all about making sure that your fellow residents aren't depreciating the value of the neighboring homes' real-estate value, or the town as a whole. Okay, what's your name? Come on phony tough....why don't you out yourself for the vile racist you are. Put it ALL on the line. Risk your livelihood, your career, your perceived communal reverence, and your own real estate value. What's your name? Who are you? I mean...you think you're a martyr. You are doing this for the good of our town, right? Then either climb up on the cross you believe you will die on or donate the wood to members of the community who lost their jobs and can't afford to keep the electricity on in their home so they can have some light. It blows my mind how fucking delusional people are now. I remember telling this same friend...the funniest part about all of this? These people must think that either Trump has the coming election in the bag, or that he was successfully manage to squat in the White House after a landslide loss because these people are coming out and droves...and they're not going to be able to walk back their true selves to their communities. My advice to MY community, and everyone who is as blown away by this unspeakable low point in our town? 1.) VOTE. 2.) Take a mental inventory of people who let their true colors show...(i.e. this neighbor's house) and 3.) People who write shit like this are clearly mentally unwell. God, I hope they get the care they need but instead they decide to follow a glorified pied piper. Know that true bravery or true distinction of one's actions comes from accountability. If you commit yourself to sending a letter of hate to your neighbor? At least have the fucking balls to own who and what you are rather than to hide behind fake bravery which shows us what a true coward you are.
I shouldn't be writing this, but I am angry. The world is getting crazier and crazier and quite frankly? None of us can afford to be silent any longer. There have been people arguing this is a hoax (right away, you know who they voted for) and there are people who are absolutely disgusted and disillusioned over this. VOTE. Be the same community you always had the potential to be and were before this. We need our communities now more than ever. Do not let this scare you, do not let it make you so jaded you become indifferent, and understand that people who do this? Are 1.) Very mentally unwell 2.) Like to stir shit up for the sake of doing so and sadly, 3.) Might also be highly regarded members of your own community (i.e. law enforcement, doctors, lawyers, educators, etc) or related to people in those fields. Titles and jobs do not ennoble....I mean, just think about who our president is. I rest my case. Be good to each other, and take care of yourselves. This too shall pass, however...NEVER EVER FORGET the things you learned in 2020. Food for thought.
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