It seems to me that we are missing the mark. Again. We the People are allowing ourselves to me manipulated by others to serve their objectives while our nation is being, as former President Obama promised, “fundamentally changed.” The victim-mills are hard at work to keep us distracted as the media selectively presents highly edited sound-bites to keep us “properly” informed.
In the ruckus of electioneering, Supreme Court confirmation hearings, more Biden money-making schemes coming to light, and the nation cowering under the onslaught of the mighty Corona Virus, we see the West burning to the ground–both in the wild and in the cities.
The protected rioters, protesting they-forgot-what, by burning, vandalizing, and looting American cities continue their illegal activities with impunity while a revived class of real victims is unseen and unheard. I say revived, since this is the same class of victims lost in the Watts riots (and others) of a bygone day. Here is some food for thought:
Where are the stories? Where are the self-righteous politicians? Where are the social activists bent on protecting rights at any cost?
While our national interest is distracted by whatever novel crisis the media can concoct, and liberal local and state governments with the express blessings of federal politicians and the media are running the victim mill at breakneck speed, the very people who have built local businesses along with everything they have worked for, are the ignored victims. Even as the poor misunderstood underprivileged (and often paid, it turns out) rioters destroy public property, they are also destroying these businesses with impunity. These are the very mom and pop and small corporate businesses that go where the corporate giants refuse to. These businesses that bring goods and services to these local neighborhoods are being burned, vandalized, and looted while local and state governments ignore them and protect the criminals destroying their livelihood and easy access to these goods and services to folks in the neighborhoods. Nationally, they are ignored, as other issues cloud our vision.
These are the people who build and maintain their neighborhoods even as they put up with regulators, inspectors, shoplifters, gang and drug activity, and the vicissitudes of the economy to support their families on sweat equity, while paying taxes so others don’t have to work.
Where are the stories? Where are the self-righteous politicians? Where are the social activists bent on protecting rights at any cost?