We are fighting war here too on our own soil. Most of the do not fly list is Muslim or middle eastern. Most Muslim people I know have gotten stopped at airports at leased once even if they haven't done anything wrong or set anything off. We are hell bent on security in the United States.
On the internet we have a bunch of anti Muslim hate groups and hate preachers which the media covers up. Like that stupid Pamela Geller woman or the Freedom defense fund. Makes a Muhammad drawing contest posts about it on the internet then she gets all upset when two men try to commit and act of terror when she knew full well that it was offensive to Muslims. Not everybody is going to take to that kindly and the blood is on her hands. It was pure baiting. Then the media reports and portrays Muslims as being these evil scary people who want to kill us all. Then of course some people react with similar biased and its all fear mongering. There are a lot of untrue stereotypes about Muslims I see see and read about that are being portrayed by the media and some people actually believe them which is sad. Its not going to make things any better for both sides. Islam is a beautiful religion and most Muslims are peaceful people. I know there is a lot of Political uprisings in some of the Muslim countries but that's a government issue and has nothing to do with the millions of innocent people getting killed by bombs every day. Just because someone comes from one of those countries is no reason to fear them.
In the last year numerous unarmed people of color have been shot by police for things they haven't done. After all in this country we are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. Then some white guy goes into a church and murders nine black people doing their prayers. When he's arrested he is outfitted with a bullet proof vest and given Burger king. I am sure none of the unarmed black men were offered burger king.
In the last year there has been a real racial uprising. With the white supremacists with their confederate flags waving in the wind saying that its free speech. No it's not its hate speech. Why should an innocent black man who was just murdered have his casket drive past that in this century?. Then when there are Protests in Ferguson and in Baltimore people have a problem with it. I get that there were lootings and thats not the proper way to go about it but still we need peace. In my opinion these people have every right to protest when they are being gunned down. The police brutality especially when it comes to young black men has just gotten out of control and we've got to fix it.
In the United States we still have the KKK and other white supremacist hate groups. Hell bent on hating black people. Granted thank god they aren't as powerful now as they were back then. History even has it it that five of our US presidents were part of the KKK. That group back in the day we all know did horrible unspeakable things.
In this day and age with everything that is going on we need to come together and learn about each others cultures. We need to create peace among ourselves. Nobody likes war. Its not about color, religion or money. Its about being human and slowly I think things are coming together. I think its great that gay marriage passed but there's still more work that needs to be done in the race and religion part. When I see Kids of different races and nationalities hanging out together I secretly smile because it means there is hope. Rip down those hateful flags let them burn and throw down your guns. Things are changing and the wars we have with each other need to end. No matter what race or religion. Let freedom ring. Let there be peace on earth for everyone, everywhere all the time.
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