Back to the 20s- Charlottesville

What happened in Charlottesville over the weekend was horrendous. No one should fear death when standing up for something they believe in.

Heather Heyer should be remembered not those responsible for her death, there’s been a lot of talk on social media that delayed, none damning reaction of President Trump therefore shows he supports those who alleged to have supported him, this I feel is rather unfair. Trump is one man, yes one of very powerful man and worryingly so, but still he did not commit the act. Is hate speech and rhetoric may exacerbate the situation but I don’t think he has the intelligence to understand his words have more wide reach now that he is President of the United States of America.

Neo-Nazism has always existed in America under the guise of fascism, racism and plain hatred. The political map looks very similar to that of the 1920s when another blanket ban on immigration, riots and general hatred towards ethnicities occurred. The problem is that the KKK, Westboro Baptist Church and other hate based extremists feel they have a voice now with the president being more right wing than in previous presidencies. I’m not particularly worried about nuclear Armageddon has North Korea do not have the stupidity to instigate nuclear warfare and America do not have the unity nor solidarity to fight. The future of America is not international it is national and nationalism, I am more concerned that I will wake up to the announcement of another American Civil War. There is no equality in the US in fact statistically your more likely to be arrested as a young African American then you are a white American and sadly this will never change. The majority of internal terrorist attacks on the US come not from Islamists, Isis or Muslims but from white working class middle America. When you think of the major attacks what comes to mind first Sandy Hook? Columbine? Orlando? Boston marathon? September 11th. Two of those five attacks were committed, incorrectly, in the name of Islam. Hatred breeds hatred, aggression breeds further aggression, why don’t we instead decide to spread love and peace?

This notion will no doubt spark accusations of liberalism, idolism and hippie-ness however is that such a bad thing? Maybe we could have a future where those with different views could sit around a table drinking coffee eating sandwiches and generally having an educated discussion without leading to petty name-calling violence. This may be a dream, the basis of a public speech from the Civil Rights Movement but it is a valid point we have had musicians, politicians and even sports personalities over the years campaigning for equality and peace it shouldn’t have taken this long to get this far we still have miles to go as proven by the weekend but I believe it is possible it is within reach and it can be done.

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