Reciprocity is a basic human gesture - it expresses the innate need to find balance. If you say "Hello," likely I say, "Hello, how are you?" back. Revenge is also reciprocal, and we see that in the brilliant and tragic movie "American History X." In the end, the little brother, Danny, although unwittingly on his way to death for the gears he helped keep in motion, has some words for us:
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."
If you work the gears of love, the gears of love will work.
I see your point MT.
ReplyDeleteI would, if my 1st amendment still holds true, like to argue for the sake of argument how I fulfill those steps.
1.) I am having fun in both writing and debating.
2.) From these debates, I understand that semantics, preconceived notions of other ethnicities, grammar, and reading comprehension did not apply to some individuals and has caused me to form a psychological pattern about an the involuntary participants that they seem to be the self-fulfilling prophecy, and that even Superman may not be able to same them.
3.) Up until the first stone was launched at a high velocity towards my face, I was very positive and enthusiastic about other people's views. As a matter of fact, if you can turn to the "annoyed with white privilege people" (The third grader students I privately tutor pointed out that it needed to be spelled privileged, not privilege), my comment was not negative at all. Rather, a different approach to how one should see their current situation.
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Working non-profit, In n Out, Military, personal injury law office, Teacher's Assistant for the LAUSD at the Metropolitan Skills Center, Bank of America Customer Service Support Center for Spanish and Korean speakers, privately tutoring 2nd grade to high school students since I was in high school, and a construction laborer who worked ground up to earn a Business Administrator position in an ornamental iron works/fencing/structural steel company, I've learned in life that no matter what good, what great things you do, you'll have haters.
You need to have a thick skin. If you have a high belief in something that you greatly feel is a cause that is more beneficial to the people than what is the status-quo, for every 6 followers, you'll have 4 who won't follow and some would rather be a roadblock.
Resilience! That's the word that defines sociologists, activists, and people who put their lives on the line for their country.
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I will step forward with my chin up high.
oh absolutely the 1st amendment holds, and you are exercising it admirably, TheLoudOne.
ReplyDeleteOTHER PEOPLE: I changed my post, to which TheLoudOne had replied. It was a "namby pamby" let's be nice type post. but I came across this matter from American History X which is much more compelling than my original "Let's be nice."