The past few days we have seen and heard hateful violent rhetoric being spewed at members of Congress who voted to give all Americans a chance at a healthy, full life. But let's get one thing clear this is not a grass roots, common man uprising. This is the Republicans trolling for the mentally ill, and insane to do what they were unable to do. The problem is they have become one with this crowd of hate filled insane people and now the lines are blurred as to where sanity meets reality.
Having spent the better half of my adult life being cynical and uninspired by our government I can honestly say that I am truly proud to be an American now. Members of Congress did what was right for all not what was right for the few that had the power to get them elected. With that has come a price; not just a political one but a personal one as many are spending sleepless nights worried about the safety of their families. Many have probably hired personal guards to keep an eye on their homes or have sent their families to a relatives home until this violent filled rhetoric passes. This is NOT OK. This is not what America was built on. This is a country where people have the right to disagree without being threatened or their families threatened.
The Republicans are rallying up this group of mentally disturbed people and trying to pass it off as mass civil unrest and grassroots uprising- it is NOT. The Republicans out of desperation have co-opted out their message to the most disturbed, dangerous members of society many with no sense of right and wrong, no sense of consequence and no grip on reality. These are people who live in an alternate universe. A universe that believes that blowing up people to save a fetus is heroic. These people that have threatened to hurt, and kill members of Congress have the same pathological make up as suicide bombers. For this reason we must be vigilant, we must be careful and we cannot underestimate their intentions or actions.
We also however, must let the Republican members of congress that are filling these people's minds with violent suggestions and hateful thoughts that they must stop immediately. We must call them, write them, e-mail them with the same message-Stop these domestic terrorists you created before someone gets killed. Stop them now or we will not stop until your legacy is tarnished and soiled to the point where you are a black mark on the history of the United States. We must fight back with words, never violence, compassion, never cynicism and show them through our sheer numbers, confidence, and calmness that nothing they do will stop this country from evolving, growing and being better then it has ever been.
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. -MLK Jr.