Can't remain silent
There comes a time when you must finally draw a line. When you can't possibly take it anymore and feel that you must scream to have your voice be heard.
It seems to me that a lot of people have reached that point recently.
A restaurant owner in Virginia refused to serve the president's press secretary because she works for the "inhumane and unethical" administration.
Another member of the cabinet was heckled while trying to dine at a Mexican restaurant.
Others shouting racist epithets and their support of the president in public spaces have been filmed and shamed on the Internet.
While we can debate whether individuals should have their personal lives wrecked by viral videos, I find one issue very troubling. That is the idea of placing two divergent viewpoints on equal moral standing.
Of course, reasonable people with differing opinions can debate issues like tax policy, prison reform, and minimum wage in a constructive manner. But, when one side creates a policy of imprisoning children, a position which cannot be defended with any moral justification, they no longer can be taken seriously.
When one side tries to create a moral equivalency between Nazis shouting anti-Semitic slogans and those protesting the Nazis, they have ceded the moral high ground.
When one side is actively trying to take away the civil rights of other groups, we must, with our collective voices, stand up and shout that this is not acceptable, that we will not tolerate these policies, and that anyone who is part of the mechanism, be that policymakers, policy enforcers, or policy defenders, will be held accountable for their despicable, cowardly, and illegal actions.
So, if that means that a member of the cabinet has to eat dinner at home, so be it. Soon, someone else will be cooking their meals after the indictments are handed down.
It seems to me that a lot of people have reached that point recently.
A restaurant owner in Virginia refused to serve the president's press secretary because she works for the "inhumane and unethical" administration.
Another member of the cabinet was heckled while trying to dine at a Mexican restaurant.
Others shouting racist epithets and their support of the president in public spaces have been filmed and shamed on the Internet.
While we can debate whether individuals should have their personal lives wrecked by viral videos, I find one issue very troubling. That is the idea of placing two divergent viewpoints on equal moral standing.
Of course, reasonable people with differing opinions can debate issues like tax policy, prison reform, and minimum wage in a constructive manner. But, when one side creates a policy of imprisoning children, a position which cannot be defended with any moral justification, they no longer can be taken seriously.
When one side tries to create a moral equivalency between Nazis shouting anti-Semitic slogans and those protesting the Nazis, they have ceded the moral high ground.
When one side is actively trying to take away the civil rights of other groups, we must, with our collective voices, stand up and shout that this is not acceptable, that we will not tolerate these policies, and that anyone who is part of the mechanism, be that policymakers, policy enforcers, or policy defenders, will be held accountable for their despicable, cowardly, and illegal actions.
So, if that means that a member of the cabinet has to eat dinner at home, so be it. Soon, someone else will be cooking their meals after the indictments are handed down.
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