It seems like there will always be people who take advantage of other people. I see oppression and abuse and simple mis-use of power in various levels throughout the world. It makes me feel hopeless.
Yelling at oppressors usually gets more oppression. So does fighting back. There is escape. But once uprooted, there are new oppressors to be found. How do people live free of oppression?
So many people I know think that I'm talking about issues in the past, in war zones, in other countries; that no one gets treated poorly any more. It simply isn't so. The statistics on child sexual abuse are staggering. Spousal abuse, the same. And that's just in America, and just the reported cases.
What will it take for us to stop bullying, excluding, abusing, deriding, and retaliating?
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Oppressors and the oppressed
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You need to become a Christian. God doesn't oppress us. If you follow all his rules, read the bible and pray daily, vote conservative, stand up for traditional marriage and against gays and lesbians, keep the minorities in the fields where they belong, know your place in the home and family, and...let's see there are some more things you have to do, but I don't remember them. Bottom line is as a Christian, you will no longer have to deal with oppression!
...indeed.
I just discovered today a belief that I inherited from my mother: that life should not be difficult. My momma did NOT say there would be days like this. In fact, she said that when people had days like this, it was easily traced to someone screwing up. Find the one to blame (usually a non-Christian or heathen-behavin' one), and the troubles would stop.
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