Hope vs. Fear

Why are fear, shame, and intimidation such powerfully effective tools? The simple truth...they are able to murder hope with minimal repercussions. Hope is the most powerful tool that we, as a people, have in our arsenal. If it is taken away or abandoned then we die inside. Hope breeds action and embraces resistance. Without it we are drones. With it we can move mountains. Anyone or anything that has the ability to crush hope stands to gain incredible power over others.

Hope can be lost and gained. Why do you think so many tyrants, bullies, lawmakers, politicians, governments, big businesses, law enforcement, and other authority figures utilize scare tactics in conjunction with intimidation, panic, and deception? Because it breeds fear. Fear, if allowed, kills hope. Fear combined with ignorance, hate, bias, and corruption creates a dangerous concoction that allows the ruling of apathetic masses.

Politicians and lawmakers, essentially those in great positions of power over the people, have convinced the masses by using fear, panic, and hatred that lumping people into large groups, labeling them as deviants and monsters, and unjustly discriminating against them will keep our children and our public safe. I am referring to the current sex offender legislation within America. They have managed to open a door relatively unchallenged until of late to the violation of civil rights and the Constitution of the United States. Maliciously deceptive and fear-laden tactics have been abusively utilized to push forward agendas that would otherwise have been highly questioned by the public.

Ever notice how agendas and causes on such matters are being pushed forward without much public input under the guise of 'for the children.' Anyone who questions it must be a monster themselves. Hitler ran his propaganda machine to gain the support of the German people on just such a campaign. The Salem Witch Trials also adopted a similar method by utilizing children to further their devious and murderous plans. The children are being used as pawns and as we have seen of late the current sex offender legislation not only is ineffective but gives us a false sense of security that endangers our children even more so. Perhaps it is time we open our eyes to the cold, hard truth of the matter and learn from history.

Accusations seem to be enough to convict a person nowadays outside of the justice system especially in regards to the #1 taboo topic in America...SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX!

The number of purported 'monsters' that walk among us as reported by the media, lawmakers, and politicians in the overall scheme of things is not as staggering as they would have you believe. But yes, they do exist. However, mislabeling large groups of people, promoting discrimination along with vigilantism, and violating civil rights of Americans is not going to protect us. In fact, it will only aid in further harming our people, our nation, and our children. We need to wake up to the reality of the situation...America is falling apart at the seams and only the people can save this great nation from those that would seek to use it as a means to further advance their careers, gain excessive wealth, and lord power over those they see as beneath them.

More laws, more government involvement in our lives while abandoning our liberties, and rampant hatred and discrimination will only make matters worse. It is time to stop burying our heads in the sand. I am just as guilty as anyone of doing just that in the past. I feared the repercussions if I spoke out against the grave injustices I witnessed. I was tormented, shunned, and threatened relentlessly in and effort to keep me subdued and silent. 'Silence is golden' to tyrants and madmen seeking to repress their victims for their own personal gain.

My willingness to engage the injustice, to question that which I feel is wrong has indeed made me a target. I have been met with strong, intimidating threats and I have suffered at the hands of malevolent beings. But I have learned to find the joy in the tiniest of victories in this life. I would rather fight for what is right and true and suffer for it than live a life filled with apathy and complacency, a victim of my own fear. I do not wear oppression well and refuse to be weakened by those of a distasteful demeanor.

I am by no means a saint. I fight because my conscience will not accept the alternative. I fight because I am clinging to hope in a world gone mad. I fight because I loathe being a willing pawn in someone else's sick and twisted game. I fight for myself and those I hold closest to me in this life. I fight because no one else will fight for me as hard and as tirelessly as I do. I fight because I am a human being, I am an American, I am a woman, and I adore my freedom. I fight because it is who I am. I fight for hope.