This is one of those moments in our history where we can choose to begin a new age full of hope, peace and prosperity or continue to let fear, hate and divisive politics retard our evolution as a society. The best way for us to prevail over those still clinging to the dark ages of America is to be more engaged in our political system and work to elect those that are more enlightened and better represent the more rational among us.
When I say dark ages, I'm referring to all the negative baggage from our past that too many of our citizens want to cling to. I'm talking about the racism, sexism and general intolerance that still exists and the feeling of entitlement by some groups to the exclusion of anyone unlike them. It's funny, we often talk about entitlement in a negative way as it relates to people who benefit from certain government programs. I'm referring to the entitlement that many Americans feel just because they have a certain skin color, follow a certain religion or come from a certain cultural lineage.
It's ironic and hypocritical that many people who see themselves as "true Americans" and have this sense of entitlement exercise the same intolerance and persecution towards other groups that caused their ancestors to come to this continent. Europeans can be thankful that it is us not they that have to deal with the religious fanaticism that's driving much of this political turmoil.
Daniel DeCamp
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