The Radical Left
After retiring from our country’s military service a couple stopped in the bookstore…a couple I was proud to meet…they were thinking of moving back to Florida but, given the current political climate, were afraid to walk together down the street.
My heart went out to meet there’s…I shared their feeling…felt bereft…which makes me, if you listen to the people responsible for their pain, a member of the radical left.
Of course with vitriol they misuse this term…in the same way they misuse woke…hoping the hatred they feel…their prejudice…will that same hatred and prejudice in their followers evoke.
From where I stand as I watch what they’re doing with a mixture of anger, shock and sorrow…let me tell you about the world I envision…the one I’d like to leave for the children of tomorrow:
It’s a world I don’t see as radical…for how can anyone object to a world where we treat all its creatures with dignity and respect.
A world where we concentrate on peace not war…where people are taught to think!
Where the environment is cherished…where the air we breathe is pure and our water safe to drink.
Where all guns are not banned…where we understand everyone is not a threat…
but where mental health assistance is easier to obtain and guns…much harder to get.
Where inserting ourselves into any woman’s right to choose is considered a mistake
only family, friends and doctors need to be involved in one of the most heart wrenching decisions she will eve have to make.
Where all our history is taught…all our wonders as well as the atrocities we’ve inflicted on our people and our land…Where if a parent doesn’t want their child to read a book that’s fine…but where no book is ever banned.
Where people don’t have to believe in a God…or if they do they can choose any God above…where we look into the eyes of those we don’t know with curiosity, kindness and love.
Where no-one is ostracized for who they are or how they look…seen as inappropriate or incomplete…where everyone feels safe and secure walking down the street.
This is the world I envision and I shall not apologize to those who label me the radical left…
This is the world I will stand up and fight for…even if…or when…I…am the only radical left.
Copyright © Jim Yerman | Year Posted 2023
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