The United States of America was great the day the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence.Enigma, you can always go back to your tribe and motherland that sold you away.\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aThe Just Avenger
\n\u201cHow ridiculous\u2026 if you don\u2019t like it here you can move \u2026that\u2019s the beauty of freedom.\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aTeddy
\n\u201cmove to the Congo there are no Trump supporters there\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200atiredofinsanelibs
\nI love America, and I often criticize it. Far too often I repeat myself because some of the things I clearly see like voter suppression and systemic racism are the same topics that some will deny existing until their dying breath. The general sentiment expressed is that I can either learn to accept America as it is or leave it. I submit there\u2019s a third option, to keep working on its flaws to make America better.
\nI typically write about politics, education, history, and racism. When I write about politics, my views align more with the Democratic Party though I have criticism for them as well. Some of my detractors try to place me in a box defining me, to keep from having a fact-based discussion.
\n\u201cWhat a piece of crap this article is. The left, the democrat party, and liberals all believe that everybody should think just alike and that any difference of opinion is some kind of crime. The writer of this $%## ll has only one objective, to make everybody look bad if you don\u2019t suck up the democrat party.\u201d
\nWriting about education didn\u2019t use to be such a hotbed of dissension. Once upon a time, education was good, and misinformation was bad. Nowadays, the discussion has been distracted by the freedom of those knowing least about education to dictate to others what may be learned.
\nHistory is one of my favorite subjects and where I get into the most trouble. A wider swath of people than I would have imagined don\u2019t want to hear anything that doesn\u2019t align with their existing beliefs, especially when it comes to their beloved Founders. Washington did tell the occasional lie, Thomas Jefferson stuttered. and Aaron Burr had what some people called his secret wife, the former Asian slave of his wife Theodosia who assumed a new role after Theodosia\u2019s death. History isn\u2019t always pretty but shouldn\u2019t be denied.Most discussions of race turn into people shouting at each other with nobody listening. For my efforts, I get called a racist for bringing up race. I think it is not so much that nobody wants to talk about it as most people want to deal with it. Acknowledging systemic racism and voter suppression would mean having to address it, and we can\u2019t have that.
\nOne of the most frequent accusations I get is that I\u2019m a \u201crace-baiter\u201d whose goal is to divide America. I\u2019m not sure if that means I\u2019m allegedly calling for lefty-Leftist commies to rise up against the true patriots or calling for the race war advocated by Dylann Roof and Charles Manson when they actually killed people. In reality, I want America to improve America. I criticize it in hopes people will come together and make it better.
\nThe current state of politics suggests there won\u2019t be change anytime soon, and that\u2019s too bad. The recent, \u201cState of the Union\u201d address showed how far apart politicians are. Voter suppression is on the rise, along with book banning. Mass suppression is up and the income disparity gap is widening. I\u2019m not likely to run out of things to criticize soon, I\u2019ll probably continue to get invitations to \u201cgo back to Africa\u201d or just leave.
\nOf the places I\u2019ve visited, I think I could live in Paris, London, Switzerland, or the Bahamas. I don\u2019t think any of those places are overall better than the US but I\u2019m pretty flexible. I think no matter where I lived, I\u2019d see room for improvement and not hesitate to say so, or at least write about it.
\nTo those who have suggested I leave since I\u2019m \u201cso unhappy.\u201d I ask, \u201cWouldn\u2019t you rather America be even better?\u201d That\u2019s different than Making America Greater Again when \u201cagain\u201d never points to a point in time that was great for all Americans. While I don\u2019t propose taking America back to anytime in the past, I do believe we can have a more hopeful future. That doesn\u2019t mean I get my way on everything. I\u2019m all for compromise, even that freedom people talk about though they often mean the other thing.
\nAmerica can be better, we can begin by finding common ground and starting there. In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting, this time on a college campus. We can look at implementing the background checks that 90% of the public believes in. That\u2019s just one example, maybe you can help come up with others. Then we elect people willing to make those things happen. In the meantime, I\u2019ll write about these issues, in hopes things do get better if we act instead of remaining silent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United States of America was great the day the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence.Enigma, you can always go back to your tribe and motherland that sold you away.\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aThe Just Avenger \u201cHow ridiculous\u2026 if you don\u2019t like it here you can move \u2026that\u2019s the beauty of freedom.\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200aTeddy \u201cmove to the Congo there are…<\/p>\n