A Very Important Read For ALL!!!!
By Vichonette Constantine
Once upon a time, people could have differing points of view and still be friends. One upon a time, people could sit down and discuss their differences without being hostile. Once upon a time, people were not ostracized for their political or social beliefs. But that was then.
How did we get to a point where people are losing their jobs, their friends, their family, their very lives, for nothing more than holding a different opinion? When did the first amendment get amended to mean, "But only as long as you agree with me?"
I have very few liberal contacts left on Facebook now. Those who are still here with me, just know that I would never, and will never, remove you from my life just because we don't see eye to eye politically. I welcome those differing viewpoints, because they send me further down the rabbit hole and researching ... and learning. And I appreciate your ability to disagree with me without namecalling, without throwing hate at me. Not to mention that if all we ever heard was opinions that agreed with our own, how boring would that be?
A difference of opinion does not make anyone an inherently evil person. The inability to accept anyone who disagrees with your opinions, on the other hand ... well, it does just that. If you're rejecting people for believing differently, you're engaging in emotional blackmail, and that, to me, is reprehensible.
A Very Important Read For ALL!!!!
By Vichonette Constantine
Once upon a time, people could have differing points of view and still be friends. One upon a time, people could sit down and discuss their differences without being hostile. Once upon a time, people were not ostracized for their political or social beliefs. But that was then.
How did we get to a point where people are losing their jobs, their friends, their family, their very lives, for nothing more than holding a different opinion? When did the first amendment get amended to mean, "But only as long as you agree with me?"
I have very few liberal contacts left on Facebook now. Those who are still here with me, just know that I would never, and will never, remove you from my life just because we don't see eye to eye politically. I welcome those differing viewpoints, because they send me further down the rabbit hole and researching ... and learning. And I appreciate your ability to disagree with me without namecalling, without throwing hate at me. Not to mention that if all we ever heard was opinions that agreed with our own, how boring would that be?
A difference of opinion does not make anyone an inherently evil person. The inability to accept anyone who disagrees with your opinions, on the other hand ... well, it does just that. If you're rejecting people for believing differently, you're engaging in emotional blackmail, and that, to me, is reprehensible.