First of all, let's call it for what we see. This is a revolution.
Revolutions are not known for being polite affairs that keep the feelings of all parties in mind. They are uproarious, sometimes violent affairs. They usually result in a loss of life.
We live now in a place where racism is out there, and it can be seen and heard again.
Hatred, bigotry and all of the unhappy things that go with it.
We are not united still, however. Everyone wants to take their own unique viewpoint about what is and what is not acceptable. It's fine for you to have those viewpoints, but let's just start at the place that 98% of us can agree with. We don't want war, we don't want white supremacists or neo-Nazi's running our country.
Now, someone is going to argue with me and tell me this civil unrest is not a revolution. It is a small group of "Antifa" or "alt-left" individuals who are causing the "trouble". But, let's just have a look at it here, starting with numbers.
Our President has a 34% approval rating. That's a 66% disapproval rating. People on both sides of the aisle have been asking for his resignation or impeachment, (the most current poll we have shows 40% of people now support impeachment, that is 4 out of 10 citizen's asked) , The following article speaks about those numbers being inaccurate due to pollsters not regularly asking questions about impeachment.http://time.com/4808071/donald-trump-impeachment-polls/.
So we have 66% of people who are in various stages of unhappy about 45. This means the majority of Americans are unhappy, willing to speak to pollsters about how unhappy they are, and are most likely willing to do something about it. That something could be as simple as writing a letter or calling their senators. Some may text resist to resistbot (50409) and write strongly worded faxes to their states people, some may just gripe incessantly on social media with no clear cut course of action, some still may choose to start tearing down Civil War Statues.
On a personal note, when I think of revolutions such as the Berlin Wall coming down or the Arab Spring, I think about people tearing down statues in their towns. I think about them removing the heads of the statues, vandalizing and yes, even completely destroying statues. But 66% of people, (or more) want to see some change happen in their government. Whereas most of those people would choose more civil means, some of those people are tearing down statues and causing general civil unrest. If we are a people who are seeking change, we are going to have to make some compromises. If this kind of protest is what it takes to get the attention of those in power to do something about the current state of affairs, great. If this is what it takes to make those in power afraid and possibly more compliant, great... the fact is, yes, these are history but in order to be involved in a revolution, we have to be united in our intentions. The intent is ALL that matters.
These white supremacists/ neo-nazis are seeing these statues as symbols of their power, however. They hold their rallies near these statues. For them, the history these statues represents is a history where white men could own slaves, and force people to live in abysmal working environments, because those slaves, according to them, are lesser people. They are a rallying point, both figuratively and literally. These guys and gals are gaining power and influence. What do you do? Nip it in the bud. Remove the rallying point.
We, as Magickians, Witches, Conjis and spiritual people understand the concept of "ritual space". Think of these statues as the ritual space of Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists. Think about how you feel when you are pondering a life problem and then spy your altar out of the corner of your eye.
That's right, you get happy. You say "hell yeah, this is a problem that I can SOLVE!" and you get down to the business of solving it.
Revolutions are not known for being polite affairs that keep the feelings of all parties in mind. They are uproarious, sometimes violent affairs. They usually result in a loss of life.
We live now in a place where racism is out there, and it can be seen and heard again.
Hatred, bigotry and all of the unhappy things that go with it.
We are not united still, however. Everyone wants to take their own unique viewpoint about what is and what is not acceptable. It's fine for you to have those viewpoints, but let's just start at the place that 98% of us can agree with. We don't want war, we don't want white supremacists or neo-Nazi's running our country.
Now, someone is going to argue with me and tell me this civil unrest is not a revolution. It is a small group of "Antifa" or "alt-left" individuals who are causing the "trouble". But, let's just have a look at it here, starting with numbers.
Our President has a 34% approval rating. That's a 66% disapproval rating. People on both sides of the aisle have been asking for his resignation or impeachment, (the most current poll we have shows 40% of people now support impeachment, that is 4 out of 10 citizen's asked) , The following article speaks about those numbers being inaccurate due to pollsters not regularly asking questions about impeachment.http://time.com/4808071/donald-trump-impeachment-polls/.
So we have 66% of people who are in various stages of unhappy about 45. This means the majority of Americans are unhappy, willing to speak to pollsters about how unhappy they are, and are most likely willing to do something about it. That something could be as simple as writing a letter or calling their senators. Some may text resist to resistbot (50409) and write strongly worded faxes to their states people, some may just gripe incessantly on social media with no clear cut course of action, some still may choose to start tearing down Civil War Statues.
On a personal note, when I think of revolutions such as the Berlin Wall coming down or the Arab Spring, I think about people tearing down statues in their towns. I think about them removing the heads of the statues, vandalizing and yes, even completely destroying statues. But 66% of people, (or more) want to see some change happen in their government. Whereas most of those people would choose more civil means, some of those people are tearing down statues and causing general civil unrest. If we are a people who are seeking change, we are going to have to make some compromises. If this kind of protest is what it takes to get the attention of those in power to do something about the current state of affairs, great. If this is what it takes to make those in power afraid and possibly more compliant, great... the fact is, yes, these are history but in order to be involved in a revolution, we have to be united in our intentions. The intent is ALL that matters.
These white supremacists/ neo-nazis are seeing these statues as symbols of their power, however. They hold their rallies near these statues. For them, the history these statues represents is a history where white men could own slaves, and force people to live in abysmal working environments, because those slaves, according to them, are lesser people. They are a rallying point, both figuratively and literally. These guys and gals are gaining power and influence. What do you do? Nip it in the bud. Remove the rallying point.
We, as Magickians, Witches, Conjis and spiritual people understand the concept of "ritual space". Think of these statues as the ritual space of Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists. Think about how you feel when you are pondering a life problem and then spy your altar out of the corner of your eye.
That's right, you get happy. You say "hell yeah, this is a problem that I can SOLVE!" and you get down to the business of solving it.
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