Picture it …. July 4, 2010 …. Somewhere in the hot, humid, muggy State of Texas (or Country of Texas if you listen to some of them). Seated around an old country store are a group of “good ‘ole boys” talking and discussing world affaires. One of the subjects, of course is the Moslem World and Iran in particular. They proceed to discuss how primitive these ‘towel-heads’ are, how fanatic they are about their religious views, and that the idea of nuking them might be appealing as a solution to the problem.
They agree with their fellow Arizonian brethren about keeping all of “them” out of the country. These guys continue discussions about how such a backward, primitive, uneducated bunch of heathens, like the Arabs, and the undesirables (Mexicans), want to come to this country and take over our government and live off our tax payer’s dollars.
From there the conversation continues to become scary and really dark sounding. They have just realized that they are actually living in a state that allows LGBT people to have equal rights except for marriage.
How can this be? Isn’t Texas an advanced 21st Century ideal state belonging to the advanced United States? How can we have such sick, demented, devious, and disgusting people living in our state that are allowed freedoms like us? “Something has to be done about this,” replies one of the inbred followers. “If we can’t hang ‘em up from a tree, then let’s just do it Constitutionally, and change the dang thing to read the way we think it oughta be – especially in our State during this 21st Century.”
If you were to close your eyes, you can hear the thoughts and ideas of the President of Iran with a Texas accent. He, too, kills gays, lesbians, transgender and bisexual people so that he can say, “we don’t have any in Iran. Homosexuals do not exist in Iran.” He too considers his country as being attacked by Western corrupted ideas and civil rights – especially the Great Satan: The United States. In fact, there is not much difference between his garbage rhetoric and the rhetoric of our “good ‘ole boys” sitting in the store in mid-Texas. Hatred and Ignorance are Hatred and Ignorance in ANY LANGUAGE!
So, let’s pull up a few chairs for the Iranian hate mongers to join forces with the Texas boys and have a real ‘ole Hoedown so they can file for their own tax-exempt hatred organization like the Ku Klux Klan, skinheads, American White Rights Party, etc.
WOW! Is this what we call advanced loving compassionate people of the 21st century? Right. I had considered the idea of letting this group find a piece of land of their own, but such places without human rights or caring already exist. Why even think of another. Of course we all know that what is being expressed is the idea of carving out little zones of exclusivity within United States of America, a republic with ideals which escaped their educational process. The only place where these cowards can belch their hate is the United States of America, with that liberal free speech policy.
If they finally do find a place away from our shores, it will be the last place evolved human beings would ever consider visiting. The voices of the destructive religious right with their exclusive world vision are already seeking to fortify some African nations to be what America cannot tolerate, but they are using those innocents for practice of their own agenda which they would inflict upon this republic if they had the power. They are the root cause of a festering ground of hate.
The best way to contain the haters is to allow them to be known, allow them to speak, allow them to cross that line where the Constitution and common decency will not tolerate, and then – confine them for breaking the laws which are written for this country. The day for keeping a record of the most hateful who use the façade of a church to inflict pain is at hand. The time to challenge for targeted removal of these hate groups calling themselves churches is at hand. The REAL LABEL as cults of hate will in due course be determined in a court of law, and their government protections removed and justice allowed to wipe up their mess.
Another important lesson, often not learned, is when good people hesitate and do not speak. Those who see these morons spouting their hate and hear their rhetoric must be active with their own actions within the law and report them to law enforcement, the media, and keep that bright light shining into their dark nature.
So many good people are in houses of worship which practice their God’s will, which is the well-being of all mankind. Those who have within their religion a Golden Rule can determine the fate of a good and generous nation, and find allies in a good and generous world. If they sit silent and do not accept that there are wolves hiding in too many of the flock, THEN the hate mongers of Texas, Iran and the destructive religious right will continue their crusades for dictatorial theocracies determined to sustain a path of limited and then total human extinction.
There are still genetic mutants in certain elements of the human species who have been so ill educated that they abhor any progress of a good and loving humanity. Their delusional construct to sacrifice others for their imaginary exclusive divinity is problematic, and must be monitored cautiously. In other words there used to be a Department of Agriculture rule restricting vegetable transport across state lines. Now we must be extremely alert to the fruits coming out of Texas. It’s more than toxic; it’s degenerative.
That “hate gene” is powerful, and too many people could be decent without it, but their herd mentality simply won’t let go, for the need to be disfunctional and pray to disfunctionality is too strong. So – the best we can do for now is to allow them to shout loudly so we can hear them…and wait for them to cross that line.
So – remember that ole song about the eyes of Texas. In too many places in the wide open spaces those boys have nothing constructive to do. Those eyes that did shine are now going blind with hate a loose on the trail. They will take you back a century or more, just as the Iranians have done, when women stayed home, and cowboys did roam and killed a tribe or two. It’s a romantic tale the Texans do tell, and the Iranians sing it too. If they’re not our way of normal, then what’s to be done? The answer is clear in the dark Texas night: Pray to god and send those abnormals to hell.
The eyes of the rest of the nation and world are clearly watching more closely and listening for those shrill voices of hate. There is a belief that there are Texans and Iranians who will unleash a torrent of goodness and take corrective action.
Let us hope they do not wait too long, for their children are infected daily. We’ll see in due course. Remember – goodness has its own bite!
Love, Rev. Elisheva
