Masks of Hate
Slave Masters.
The Church.
The Klan.
The Anarchists.
The Nihilists.
The Fascists.
The Neo-Nazis.
The Skinheads.
The White Supremacist.
The Proud Boys.
The Boogaloo.
Pepe the Frog.
Q-Anon.
The history of the masks of hate.
The masks of hate that people wear.
People, yes, people wear these masks for a reason they believe in.
People wear masks of hate to cover their fear.
A fear planted into their spirits by people they trusted.
A fear of a world they do not want to see come into existence.
People fear a world where everyone is equal.
Because in an authentic sense of fear, equality means personal responsibility.
If everyone is equal, there is no one to blame when things go wrong except for yourself.
When life doesn't turn out the way you expect it, who is to blame?
Whole societies, whole industries, and whole religions base their existence on blaming the other.
The other guy, the other stranger, the other foreigner, the other unrighteous asshole.
Scapegoats.
A person, a people, to blame for why we don't have nice things.
I certainly can't be to blame because God is on my side.
I'm not the asshole.
My friends believe the same way; we can't be wrong.
My parents wouldn't lie to me.
Masks of hate.
And who maintains these masks of hate?
Who has built empires of wealth on the destruction caused by these masks?
People with wealth and power.
Ever try to take a bone away from a hungry dog?
A hungry dog will bite your hand.
It will let you die so it can have just one last chew on its bone.
It won't listen to reason.
Its only concern is that the bone belongs to it.
The bone is believed to be the dog's only means of survival.
If the dog hasn't learned how to share, trying to take a bone away from it will bloody your hand.
People wear all kinds of masks.
The mask of hate covers the fear of reprisal.
That inevitable future that is coming, we can all see it now.
A brotherhood of man where blacks and whites live together.
They judge each other by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.
People have a fear of this future becoming real.
They imagine the same horrors that they allowed to happen to black and brown people to be reciprocated.
They are fighting for a false way of life.
Just like that dog fighting for that last piece of gristle on a bone.
So, as we prepare to vote out the White House's chief hater and creep, keep in mind the prize.
A world where children are no longer taught to wear masks.
A world where children can be who they are.
Free, living in truth and justice for all.
Peace.
Daniel J Frey aka Toby