The Fragility of Progress

What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?

I once believed the world was moving forward, towards more democracy, tolerance, and equality. However, I have learned that progress is not permanent. Tragically we are witnessing genocide in Palestine, an attempt to takeover Ukraine, the rollback of gay and trans rights, racism rising back into the mainstream, and hatred towards refugees spreading globally. These are not distant problems, they are warnings. When we grow complacent, oppression flourishes. Progress only survives when we defend it.

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  2. It seems that at least once a year I have to re-connect with Pastor Neimoller’s poem, and here it is for the few who may not know it.

    First They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller

    First they came for the CommunistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a CommunistThen they came for the SocialistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a SocialistThen they came for the trade unionistsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the JewsAnd I did not speak outBecause I was not a JewThen they came for meAnd there was no one leftTo speak for me

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  7. it’s a sad and challenging time to be living here in the states, and many other places in the world. I feel like the pendulum swings, and I’m hoping that it swings back to the side of the human rights and sanity before it’s too late

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