Things that won't exist in ten years read the description. What was on the list is irrelevant, the comment caught my attention.
“Damn, I was hoping liberals would be on the list."
Really? People have become so authoritarian or cruel they hope liberals will vanish? How horrible this man must be to wish that people who care about others will vanish. What is a liberal anyway? I didn't think of myself as one until G.W. Bush became a thing, then I knew , I'm am a liberal, how can that be a bad thing? Liberals believe women should be safe and paid equal wages, children should be educated and the environment should be protected. Why doesn't everyone? We all need the environment to exist, destroying it is suicide and counterproductive. I pondered the matter looking for an answer and realized it would not be a short answer.
Liberals are not going away, not today, not in twenty years, we have too much work left to do. Liberals will persist until equal rights exist for all of us. Women's health will be the province of women and their doctors, not the churches. Education will be available to all who thirst for knowledge without over burdening them with debt. Green spaces and renewable energy will be so common it will exist everywhere without thought. Marriage will exist for those who love each other and wish to be joined in a committed relationship and possibly raise children. Religion will be practiced at home or in church being a personal belief it will be kept to a personal level and not be forced on others. Churches themselves would take extremists aside and help them understand that they are wrong to foist their beliefs on others. There will be clean water and air, food and shelter, there will be health care clinics and public spaces.
And guess what, we still ain't gonna kick your doors in and take your guns. We will ban them from public spaces though. You will have to get a background check that proves you are sane, rational and have no criminal record. You will be responsible for your weapons. It gets stolen and used in a crime, you will be held accountable for your irresponsible actions especially if the theft goes unreported. Your spouse is your partner, not your property, abuse is illegal and they will have safe places to go for protection from you. Children will be protected...end of argument there. But the football team needed his coaching...but the priest was such a good man other than….but he was such a good preacher other than...unacceptable. there is zero room for debate on this with me, there will be consequences.
Until we get what we were told we deserve, government of the people, by the people and for the people, liberals will be persistent, aggravating and loud. Still trying to figure out why being a liberal is a bad thing, what's wrong with letting others live their lives? Why can we not live our lives free of the hated of our fellow citizens? I thought that was being an American, but then that's just me I guess. Liberals will always exist, every free nation needs thouse who would stand and be its conscience, that's what a liberal IS.
first diary….busy day….hope it's not completely ridiculous, I get distracted.