Something is happening in our country and it bothers me a lot. It makes my insides grow cold. It stretches from Sarah Palin to the pastor of the church at the top of hill behind my house. It is prevalent in the state I grew up in, and the state I now live in. People hate me. I don’t understand why they hate me because I’ve never done anything to them. But they hate me just the same, and they want to remove my rights as an American citizen. They want to take away the protections guaranteed to me by the Constitution. They want to be able to kill me.
How come? I’ve never done anything to these people. They don’t know me. They don’t know what I stand for. They don’t know if I’m a good person or a bad person. They want to be able to make me a non-person. They want to be able to kill me without knowing me. They want to be able to say that I can’t work and earn money like they can. They want to be able to say that if someone hurts me, that person doesn’t have to be punished because I deserved to be hurt. They want to be able to say that I can’t live in a house or neighborhood that I choose.
I read every day about elected officials who are taking away my rights. Rights that have already been guaranteed are being revoked. I don’t understand why they want to do this. They really hate me. Because I’m only one person, I can’t stop them. I have one vote. That’s all. Just the one. Pretty soon, I may not even have that if the officials who were hired to safeguard my rights have their way. I wonder how that happens, but I can see it happening every single day. The viciousness and passion of their hatred for me is astounding.
I have a friend who has often told me that anyone who doesn’t like me has a problem. I’ve never really met someone who didn’t like me, except in grade school but that doesn’t count. Now, there are many powerful people who hate me. It’s bewildering. All I ever did was choose someone to love they didn’t approve of.
One vote. That’s all I get. Unless other people help me, I will start losing every right I ever had as a U.S. citizen, and eventually I will die. Please help because I can’t do it alone.
