I don't understand them either. I don't understand any of T, his family, the GOP minions - any of them who do any of these atrocities. It takes much energy to be negative and do horrible things to people. Have you ever snapped at someone or gone out of your way to tell someone off (even justifiably)? I have and whenever I did it I felt AWFUL later. Even if I was right.
So I just don't get how these people live with themselves. To me it says their souls are very dark and they just don't have the compassion most of us do. It's very sad to say the least.
@Unkp That took my breath away. Here's a story about it https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/us/nativity-scene-cages-claremont.html
I write on Quora. Sometimes about politics. I read people's posts and comments that justify the border policy with either Obama did it first rhetoric or the parents are criminals by crossing the border. I never see any empathy, just a cold interpretation of reality that sorts people into good and bad based on very primitive ideals. I am scared, I have been scared for a long time. My heart has been heavy. Part of me feels responsible at least in part because I haven't done enough to try and stop this, I've allowed myself to continue living day to day in these times. The why of it all is something I can't understand. Why do people hate so much? Why do people look away? What happens after, when it's all over? What will DT's cult say in 10, 15, 20 years? Will justice or closure ever happen?
I'm so sorry for the negativity of the post.
Without facing the darkness within we become even darker .
It is an essential part of human nature to catalog people in groups . And you only allow certain emotions to be expressed within each groups .
Most people confine kindness to their family . They are not kind to strangers . Most people try to keep hatred away from their family, but let them hear about some horrible murder or rape and they will be all knifes out, death penalty, torture and "eye for an eye" to the perpetrator . You don't give empathy to them, you give it to the victim .
We humans, we love, we nurture, we hate, we murder .
In order to fit in society we just have to feel and do "the alleged right thing" to "the right group" . Great problems arise when people and emotions are cataloged wrong . Until now, cataloging is mostly unconscious.
Immigrants are people . Seeking a better life is a virtue, not a crime . To harm them is a crime . We are often cruel and rarely wise .
I have faith in the future, in perfect justice when we reach omniscience . I believe everyone deserves love and a path of redemption, even the worse . But the victims will be among the ones chosing that path, until they are satisfied justice was served .
Hi All,
I'm so moved by everyone's posts. When will people learn that we're all the same, and that we should welcome those in need?
I have a couple of suggestions for those who'd like to offer some help. The Dilley Pro Bono Project is an organization that helps prepare mothers and their children to pass the first level interview to be able to then apply for asylum in the U.S. I volunteered there last year and it's a great project. They have obtained permission from ICE that will allow the center's chaplain to take coloring/puzzle/activity books for children and adults, as well as picture books in Spanish, to the moms and families in the detention center. (No crayons please or pens/pencils.) If you'd like to send any of these items you can do so to: Chaplain Garza, 300 El Rancho Way, Dilley, TX, 78017.
For folks who'd like to make a financial donation, RAICES is a great place to give money to. They help asylum-seekers post bond, even large ones, with very little hassle. The ACLU is also great. They're suing the heck out of this administration.
@lynnventura
"They have obtained permission from ICE that will allow the center's chaplain to take coloring/puzzle/activity books for children and adults, as well as picture books in Spanish, to the moms and families in the detention center. (No crayons please or pens/pencils.) If you'd like to send any of these items you can do so to: Chaplain Garza, 300 El Rancho Way, Dilley, TX, 78017."
What wonderful, wonderful suggestions of simple things any of us could do.
I am a big Dollar Store shopper. They have wonderful colorings books, activity/coloring combos, and activity books with games puzzles, dot to dot etc. books for just $1 a piece. They also have small lightweight picture/story books many in Spanish also for $1 each. A large manilla envelope could hold S10 worth easily. The selecting and packing them up will put our caring hearts and willing hands into a very simple service. Lets try to get some to these little ones before Christmas if we can!
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@lynnventura
Thank you for such a beautiful direction for people. It is so hard to sit back and not be able to do anything. So this is so good.
I have shared your perspective, and ask the same question over and over: why do people act like this?
@thebeast, your post says it all. I've read it twice for its light.
I ask to understand the people who support these policies, not the leaders -- I'm not ready to probe what goes on in their heads, but the followers from the public. Somedays I don't want to understand them, I am just so angry and despairing for the hurt we witness in the news.
But then I get flashes of insight that the Trumpers are innocent because of their ignorance and distance from the victims.
I know some Trump followers who feel negatively about migrants and close their hearts to their suffering. Yet I also know these people to be generous with friends, family, and people who are like them. You say that's not okay that they limit their generosity and empathy to just their family and friends, and I agree.
But on a good day, I get flashes that these folks can't help it. They are just not oriented that way. For their hearts to open, they would have to get more first hand experience with the people they seem to hate.
I dreamed a while back, and I mentioned in a post, that I was in a room with Nancy Pelosi. She didn't see me but I was definitely in that room with her. And she was kneeling, her back turned to me, praying. I didn't know she prayed. A few weeks later, a reporter asked if she hated Trump. She erupted at the reporter saying she doesn't hate Donald Trump and prays for him everyday.
Some angel must have sent that dream about her to me, the same one who is whispering to me now.
I'm not telling anyone how they should see these people. I'm just saying what flashes in my mind when I ask why they are this way. Again I'm not talking about the leaders of this dark movement. I still can't figure them out.
