being human

We say the spirit of the Olympic Games must go on while the soul of a group of people is diminished, darkened and destroyed. We send a gaggle of Gays personally proud of who they are (and some still hidden in the closet) pretending that this demonstration of contempt against the laws of Russia will make a difference. We insist that athletics have no politics but watch as a nation housing these Games is playing politics with the lives of the LGBT community and wish it away as if that doesn’t matter. We will hem and haw as the Russians jail, harass and murder homosexuals in their nation and pretend that during the days of the Olympics none of this prejudice is of any concern. We place our heads in the sand while bodies of men and women are being denied freedom and equality. We forget the human condition hoping bandages will stop bleeding.

We laugh and wise crack about a bigot who pretends he represents a Christian value. Those who hate as vehemently as he say its a matter of free speech, religious candor and never once admit to the hate from which he speaks. The argument no longer is about the words this homophobe spews but about his right to diminish, disrespect the lives of people he really doesn’t know. He speaks for his Lord and Savior we hear from individuals who only understand their God to be a vengeful one. This is America where it is better to permit free speech of course if the harangues in that speech are against people we hate. No punishment, no consequence keep saying someone is bad, evil and keep invoking the name of your God and somehow racism/misogyny/homophobia/and bigotry are okay.

We are told by self proclaimed Christians that a War on Christmas is in progress and the sinners of this nation are relishing in a so called prohibition of say “Merry Christmas”. After all tis the season is not a season if you can’t say “Merry Christmas”, even to those who don’t want to say it or hear it. But as the soldiers fight to regain the season of Christmas from the pagans, hedonist, anti Christ’s these same crusaders are adamant that the unemployed stay poor, that poverty is a self inflicted wound and that Jesus would have never included any kind of minority into his flock. During this supposed time of reflection and hope it seems that any promise that Christmas might bring is diminished by hypocrites who can only hate.

Why is being human such a difficult task for so many so called humans?