The rhetoric on cable news has become deafening. \u00a0I am reminded of Rodney King’s words a few years ago: “Can’t we all just get along?” \u00a0As I’ve said in other posts, I am not intending for this site to be political. \u00a0We all get enough of that every time we turn our televisions or radios on. \u00a0But I do feel an obligation to respond to the rhetoric with some words of sanity.<\/p>\n
Much of my life as a writer and speaker has been devoted to “spreading a message of peace.” \u00a0I am only one voice, for sure, but I firmly believe that a lone voice is a beginning. \u00a0In fact, I think a lone voice can be like the ripple in the waves when a child skips a rock across the lake. \u00a0It does reach the other side, eventually. \u00a0Lone voices do get heard by some and the like-minded hearing them can send forth their supporting words in response. \u00a0No change comes about easily or very quickly.<\/p>\n
Currently some are protesting against that which has recently been passed in congress; others who favor the new law are expressing their support too. \u00a0That what’s allowed and should be prized in a democracy, in fact. \u00a0However, this can become troublesome when one side of the equation seems to condone violence. \u00a0I heard on the news yesterday that a congresswoman from Minnesota said she wanted Minnesotans armed and dangerous<\/strong>. \u00a0I think that’s deplorable. \u00a0And my personal politics aren’t the issue. \u00a0Suggesting that violence is ever a solution takes all of us back to cave man days.<\/p>\n I think we should all be alarmed, frankly, when any elected official or spokesperson for other elected officials, shares an opinion that borders on inciting violence. \u00a0There are trigger-happy people in every one’s back yard. \u00a0To encourage them in any way can carry all of us down a path I’m sure we don’t want to travel.<\/p>\n I am glad I am a believer in prayer. \u00a0To some, prayer may seem a weak response to the rhetoric and potential for violence that seems to be growing, but I want a quiet mind and loving heart so that, at the very least, I can respond respectfully and lovingly to the people crossing my path. \u00a0Acts of peace garner strength too. \u00a0Let’s combine our efforts in this way. \u00a0Now. \u00a0It just might make the difference we need. \u00a0At least it would allow each one of us who tries it to be the difference some one else sees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The rhetoric on cable news has become deafening. \u00a0I am reminded of Rodney King’s words a few years ago: “Can’t we all just get along?” \u00a0As I’ve said in other posts, I am not intending for this site to be political. \u00a0We all get enough of that every time we turn our televisions or radios […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[47,117,211],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-musings","tag-civility","tag-incivility","tag-violent-rhetoric"],"yoast_head":"\n