Musings of a somebody who knows nothing about anything.

My heart is heavy, I am tired- so tired. A constant barrage of political mumbo jumbo assaults my eyes every day, unwarranted opinions flood my mind from individuals highly UN-qualified to have them. But mostly I am sad. I am deeply heartbroken that we have become a people- I can't say country because I'm not entirely sure we are the only one that has grown so hardhearted towards a never ending war on true evil- so callous and brass about "It's either us or them." As if it is no big deal women and children and men are being tortured, beheaded, watching their own family members die right in front of them. As if we are the ones who can say anything from seats such as ours. I am sick and I am helpless and I am discouraged in my human race. 

I see the face of my daughter in all those children with tear filled eyes sleeping on cardboard or in forests- anywhere, anything. I can only muster up what may be a fraction of the terror one of these people feel, living true horror that more than make up whatever I or most of us here will experience in lifetimes over. I am disgusted by the careless comments and political debates, as if we have any right to sit in our seats of PRIVILEGE for simply being born in one place over another. As if left or right make up even an 1/8 of the picture as a whole. Call me a 'libtard', call me naive, tell me I'm asking for domestic terrorist attacks. There is no argument that will sway me from believing that a truly great country extends a helping hand to those that will never have the privilege of a free country. I believe that with greatness comes responsibility, especially to those that are caught in something they could never stop themselves. I will never lose my human connection with another fellow human. I will never not have hope in a better humanity. I will however no longer listen to those who spew out bullshit and political nonsense they know nothing about. You know nothing. Nothing but freedom and privilege and a country where the worst thing I can complain about is a Facebook news feed full of disgusting hate and selfish ignorance. 

Terrorism and tragedy and violence have passports and citizenship and plane tickets right to us. We do our best to filter and prevent, but I cannot trust that refusing compassion is a sure fire ticket to doing so. We are playing right into the hands of those behind the chaos, becoming more and more like them the less and less we care about their victims. We are more willing to lets thousands upon thousands die in the off chance that a hundred of us might too. Turning our backs on helplessness because of individuals we let define a whole religion for us.