The photograph showed a man working (not his face, but his back). He was wearing a t-shirt and the Facebook post indicated that the logo on the back of the t-shirt indicated that the wearer was a member of ISIS. And that “they are here in America” everyone – beware.
I don’t know how to fact check this, but it won’t surprise
me if the post is correct. ISIS is here. Why wouldn’t it be?
America was founded on principals that included freedom of
speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly. But this idea of democracy is
becoming more and more troubling in our modern world. Do we allow freedom of
speech only if we agree with what the speaker is saying? Do we allow freedom of
religion only if the beliefs echo ours? Do we allow freedom of assembly only if
the person belongs to groups supporting American ideals? How messy…..how complicated……how
frightening.
How much easier it would be if we lived in a police state.
Someone comes to work wearing a t-shirt with a slogan we don’t approve of….call
the police, he is taken in, locked up…..throw away the key. But is that
America?
I admit that I am frightened. I wish I felt more optimistic.
I wish there was an easy answer….but I fear there is not. Ideology spreads,
anger ferments, the haves and the have-nots grow ever farther apart. Unrest in
one part of the world spreads quickly…..we are connected instantly, thanks to
social media and ever-changing-technology. Borders seem almost obsolete.
I hope we never see another 911…….but I fear that we will.
Or we will see something worse. The bridges that connect us are weakening….the
chasms that divide us deepening.
I don’t have an answer….do you?
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