And in your post no. 136 you say this:
No, kids today are not nearly as bigoted as my father's generation was, nor mine. They are much more willing to accept people for who they are instead of by skin pigment, ethnicity or religious choice. Why and how do I believe this? With my eyes and ears. Wake up. I don't know about your area, but the anti-prejudice movement is growing here, not shrinking. Those who don't bother to notice or dismiss it are in for a very large surprise in the future when they run for re-election. Better get ready. When something grows that slowly but steadily, it should never be dismissed by a bunch of old white men bent on keeping their power. Eventually they will be toppled by the very generation they ignored.
Not all these people are "rioting". Most are peaceful, considering the growing numbers. No one was reported "rioting" yesterday in my area. It was passionate, yes, but peaceful. Why bother to watch the news anymore? It's disgusting and hopeless. Instead, I am now doing something instead of watching others push their agendas. So I don't know what's going on throughout the country, but my niece says its isolated incidents. There will always be agitators who will subvert the protesting their way, turning the movement into a looting. My own father used to joke about how some of the Boston Tea Party protesters were the only ones drinking English tea in Boston afterwards! I also asked her, if it had turned ugly, what would she do? She said the majority of her friends had already discussed the possibility, and determined they were only there to protest Trump's hate. They believed anything less was stupid and takes away from the message being sent.
every generation would like to experience peace in the world.
I grew up with a deeply bigoted father. My mother grew up respecting people for their character, not assumed by skin color. I remember the first black girl in my school. I was beaten up by older kids for defending her. In
grade school. There's the ideal, W, and then there's real society at work. We all
want peace--some just for ourselves. However, we all don't always want to extend
ourselves beyond our own outlooks to obtain it. Do we, Wondering?
You have a curious choice of words here. They are NOT "causing" the bad behavior. They are "
reacting to" the bad behavior of Trump's prejudiced words would be more accurate. How could this be you ask? How could it be that Christians must fight against evil for the Lord to be heard, seen and accepted in love? How could it be that the founders of this country fought for what they believed to be right and true, for the freedoms we enjoy today, like protesting our government's unwillingness to even recognize the message of the protests? Very simple, Wondering. Because freedom isn't free.