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date: July 26, 2020
We never thought this would happen to
us. We watched insurrections and epidemics on the national news. They happened
elsewhere but never on our soil.
It wouldn’t dare.
In
our benevolence, we sent troops and doctors and money to France and Afghanistan
and Iran when rioters burned and pillaged their cities. From the safety of our high
horse – our sofas and our cell phones - we expounded our political views, never
once considering that one day someone would dare do the same on our turf. Just
look at Seattle or Minneapolis or Portland. Riots disguised as protest have
doubled and tripled their efforts until discourse is no longer an option to
settle our disagreements.
Likewise,
with the pandemic, in our arrogance we sent doctors and money and supplies to
countries on the opposite side of the globe thinking we could keep plagues far
from our nation. Surely a contagion would bow to our greatness; yet, it has snuck
through our borders and continues to do so. We refuse to give up our sports,
our get togethers, our entertainment. We
bewail the closing of bars but not of our churches. We talk flippantly of the
survival rate and dismiss those who die from the virus; after all, it’s just a
few people sacrificed so we can live in freedom and not wear a mask.
We
never thought this would happen to us. We watched insurrections and epidemics on
the national news. They happened elsewhere but never on our soil.
It wouldn’t dare.
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