Monday, December 19, 2016

A Murder in Turkey

I am distraught with the fact of how we (humanity) make swift and incredible progress with ways to kill each other and make tiny, little, baby steps with our progress in loving one another. The time spent fighting over whose God is the right God and how to worship, where, why and with whom… Come on people.

For every crazy extremist in Islam there is one equally insane in, both, Christianity and Judaism. Why do people feel the need to beat others over the head who don’t think, speak, look, and believe the same ideologies as they believe? Why do people’s beliefs in different religious or political aspects continually inflict terror upon the rest of us who are sane enough to realize that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and leave our differences out of the conversation if that conversation demands an escalation of deadly force.

When will the extremists realize that every attack upon another person with deadly force in an attempt to “make their point” or “show devotion” or “whatever crazy shit runs through their fucked up head” does the exact opposite of whatever “great, Godly deed” they think they are doing. Equally true, every time we (the United States) and our allies react by over-reacting with our use of deadly force (the invasion of Iraq is a great example of what I’m talking about) only serves as the catalyst in their recruitment of insanity.

I, as well as anyone else who has been paying attention, have heard so much blame placed upon our President, Barack Obama, for not using extreme force to combat the insanity in the middle-east. Every time I hear someone blaming Obama for “not doing” I have to fight the urge to lose my shit on the arrogant, ignorant human being placing blame so recklessly. I am so fed up with the incessant ignorance and insanity forcing their crazy stupidity upon the rest of us. I am trying so hard to not go off and begin choking them out on the spot when their lips start moving to tell themselves and the rest of us their lies.

Guess what keeps me from treating the cancer of stupid-crazy with more stupid-crazy? It isn’t patience, I won’t start speaking lies as loosely as they do, no. It is the fact that I realize two wrongs don’t equal a right. Right? Everyone’s heard someone say that in their lifetime, I know I’ve heard it many times. But, no matter how cliché it may be to repeat something as simple and profound as “two wrongs don’t make a right,” it doesn’t make it untrue. The reason simple phrases become clichés is because they are profoundly true.

Yes, the guy who assassinated that Russian Ambassador in Turkey was crazy. What he did completely negated everything he said or proclaimed was the reason he was carrying out his act of murdering another human being. In other words (get ready for another cliché) his actions were speaking so loud we couldn’t hear a fucking thing he was saying.

I, truly, hope that the act of one person’s stupid-crazy doesn’t cost the lives of many more who are neither stupid nor crazy. Yes, I’m talking to you Putin and Trump. Use the mistakes made in the past as your guide, your text book, your road map toward a better future.

Please, show me that I’m wrong when I say that I know you’re as equally stupid-crazy as those you kill or threaten and because of that fact I’m sure everything I’m saying right now is falling upon ears that hear my words as a personal attack. Yes, my words are harsh, I know. But the words I use, when talking about you, are based upon your actions and your words that led me to my conclusion about both of your personalities.

Please, take a lesson from me and my President, Barack Obama, and resist the urge to choke out everyone you believe to be at fault. Put aside your ego that necessitates retaliation at all costs. Use your intelligence and choose your words wisely to express your disdain for such insanity and ignorance. Then conclude that the best course of action, in cases involving stupid-crazy, is no action. You see, like all cancers, stupid-crazy is deadly – especially when left untreated.


©December 19, 2016 – Tamara Imes-Nicholas

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