As I watched large, angry hate groups march in DC to show their support for President Trump, I worried and wondered. What leads one to join a hate group, and why would any leader accept that kind of support? Further, as I noticed families at the event, I wondered what kind of parents would support a leader who inspires hate groups that stand up for bigotry, hate, and harm toward their fellow citizens? How can any family think this is a positive idea? Don't they realize that you are the company you keep?
As I've noted time and again, from my earliest days, I wondered why people did not speak up and stand up to the racism, hate, and harm that occurred in Germany during Nazi days. I wondered how people could be complicit while innocents were cruelly murderd and mamed--how could this happen? Since that time, I've read story after story about similar hateful and harmful events, and I continue to wonder why? And now, as I see the President of the United States lending his support to these groups, I am horrified--how can we allow this President to continue to spend our hard earned tax dollars and lead in this country--he is certainly not working for the health and welfare of all people, but instead instigating hate, harm, and injustice in many, many ways.
We are the company we keep, and we have to take that seriously. When we support hate groups in any way, we become part of that hate group. When we support cheating, lying, irresponsibility, and ignorance in any way, we become part of that initiative. It is essential that we surround ourselves with good people--people who move us ahead in positive ways rather than people who take us down.
As a child, my parents used news articles to teach us to decipher good versus bad. I remember one sad story about a group of young men who murdered another young man. There was a hateful person in the group that apparently initiated the murder, and the others followed along--they all paid the price of the heinous murder with jail sentences, a price that likely affected their lives in horrible ways.
When we join with others who cheat, lie, hate, and cause harm, we become those people. We have to be cautious about the company we keep and the support we give to those who keep bad company too. Small alliances with bad people lead to disastrous experiences later on.
President Trump keeps terrible company and those who couple with the President in any way have chosen to look the other way as he cheats, lies, affiliates with harmful hate groups, and incites murder and violence. President Trump is dangerous and destructive company--don't be fooled USA, distance yourself from this man and embrace the promise that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold for a better, stronger, more loving USA. That's the right thing to do.