Line In The Sand

Yesterday I wrote about Sarah Huckabee Sanders.  This morning I deleted her.

I have a line, drawn in the sand. It's a moral code and I won't break it.  It says that I will be kind to everyone.  I will also be firm about what is acceptable. Sure, there are lots of folks who would serve her, but I won't be one of them.  I wouldn't serve Hitler or anyone in his posse.  I want more than that.

Think of it as a kind of punishment.  It's a virtual form of being placed in stocks in the town square.  No one will throw tomatoes on you or hurt you even.  You will stand there with your cohorts as a reminder of everything we do not aspire to be.

But none of this is new. We've had a Joseph McCarthy, lying presidents, marital cheaters, lots of corruption in politics before.   We've had belief systems that continually shock me.  I do like to think we are moving forward.  At the same time, I do see the organized religious cult a big part of this behavior.  Yes, a cult.  Think about it.

You follow the herd, tithe as you must for organized religion wants money before it will bless your soul.  No, not me.  I've see what these behaviors do in the guise of religion.

It is a new world.  New ideas.  Open hearts.  Those are the people I will spend my time with.  I haven't followed the crowd yet, and at soon to be seventy, I do not plan to.  I will be kind to you.  And firm.

I expect more from humanity and so should you.