Woke Folk
Funny how “woke” became a term of derision. The folks who think that “woke” people are foolish ignore the greedy hands thrust deeper and deeper into their pockets ever since 1980. They want to go back to sleep.
Many Americans now find it’s too much work consciously choosing to serve their own real interests. They’d rather be distracted by the billionaires who refuse to pay their fair share. The richest among us are happy to take advantage of voters who can’t seem to wake up and stay that way.
Being “woke” is a sign of intelligence and energy and not a badge of shame. And while we’re talking about it, how does a nation that’s cloaking itself as “Christian” ignore the fundamental teachings Jesus left us? “Suffer the children” and “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” seem to have been packed away as irrelevant.
I’m an atheist who believes fervently in the Golden Rule. It was and remains a revolutionary advance in human thinking, urging us to move on from the retaliatory spiral of “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Let’s treat each other better. Money changers are not the moral leaders they pretend to be.
Christopher Emley
San Rafael
Broligarchy
I liked the Republicans better when I was a kid, when all the party stood for was racial hatred and exclusion, government policies that favored wealth and privilege, and rapacious behavior toward the natural environment.
The new Christian nationalist broligarchy country club gated community, let’s all own a Tesla culture, is a little too greasy for me, thanks.
Craig J. Corsini
San Rafael
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