Yesterday was the International Day of Peace,
and in the United States it ended with scenes of rioting in North Carolina.
Peaceful
thoughts do not come easily when our leaders, and would-be-leaders, speak in
terms that incite anger and hate.
Consider Hillary Clinton’s recent
remarks that half of Trump’s supporters belong in “a basket of deplorables" She
has also said that his supporters were “racist, sexist, homophobic,
xenophobic, Islamaphobic."
Unfortunately, she is not the only person that feels that
way.
Earlier this week, I read a contemptuous
remark about the “deplorables” who are supporting Donald Trump for president. Hillary’s
adjective-loaded remark was mild compared to the contempt and hatred expressed
in this conversation.
Apparently these “deplorables” are thought
of as little more than garbage to be cast aside. A second person made the
shocking statement that they should be deported.
Really? Who are these “deplorables”—are they the
people Hillary labeled racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and
Islamaphobic. If so, what makes them worse than the racist, domineering,
and elitist followers of Clinton?
Or, are the “deplorables” the people
who are uneducated, poor, on welfare, even homeless?
Face the facts, folks. With the exception
of “Islsmaphobics” (which I assume is Hillary’s word for those who fear
terrorists), each political party has a good supply of followers who fit the
descriptions above—plus a great number of people filled with hate.
There are racist among the wealthy, the
poor, and the unemployed. The same applies to those who hold sexist,
homophobic, xenophobic, or Islsmaphobice views.
So trash this snobbish contempt for
those who are in a different social position, and those who have different
values and opinions. These are people who own businesses, stock the grocery
shelves, and clear our streets of rubbish. They wait tables, enforce the laws,
and bury our loved ones.
They should be honored for holding one,
two, and occasionally, three jobs to provide for their families
They are not a “basket of deplorables.”
