Humanity

First off, I need to say this knowing that I will probably catch some flak for what this post is even about, this is indeed my view. I am going to keep things within perspective of how I view them, and you can correct me if I am wrong about a statement that I might say, because that is welcome. But don't you dare crucify me because my views are different. I have a different background that you and everyone that lives on this Earth. And so be it. Not everyone is nor can be the same. We all have a brain, and it's about time that we all start using it for much nobler things.

By the time you are seeing this, it is already old news, but with my schedule of posts, I really cannot post this during the week to interrupt the already scheduled posts. Remember that Coca-Cola ad that was shown during the Super Bowl? If you don't remember or have not seen it yet, go ahead and stop reading and open up another tab to YouTube and search it.

When I first saw this ad, I thought it was fitting to what this country is all about. After all, even the Native Americans were immigrants as well thanks in part to something called a land bridge. Hooray for geology. But after some searching and some StumbleUpon's, I did notice a blog that stood out to me, and quite frankly upset me. And if you know me any, I'm not particularly one to be overly upset about anything, but for some reason, this one caught my attention and after reading some of the entries, it raised some serious questions about the society we live in. How are we living in a country, that in fact, it's citizens immigrated to this land in some way, shape or form, that are either first generation, second generation, third generation, etc., that is so unbelievably closed minded?

Now, this blog I mentioned is focused on spiteful, racist and downright just disrespectful tweeting from, none other, your fellow American. Granted that this was just a snapshot, just a drop of water in an ocean, of a handful of people who were, I'm sure, 'delightfully' selected based on their comments about how terrible of a commercial the Coca-Cola ad was. Saying such comments as:

 "I feel un-American for drinking Coke today." -What a shame, cause I drink Coke almost everyday and I still feel the same.

"That coke commercial sucked. Mexicans, terrorists, jews, and n****** are not 'American.'" -A stab at almost everything that's not caucasian. But guess what? Terrorism is defined as the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes; the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. That does include any small acts within your own country that effects a small group of people to be under duress.

"why is god bless america being sung in other languages...this is AMERICAN AND WE SPEAK ENGLISH." -You're right, most of us do speak english. But keep in mind, just like our country, the language we use is based on borrowed and dead languages of which is not really of our own.

Let's take a moment to think about this. Did we all forget the lessons that we were taught in American history from elementary and secondary school? I remember a few parts in there how this country is celebrated for our differences but united as one. I don't know, may be my school was different than yours and these things just happened to be omitted from the lessons that are being taught today, since it seems like ages ago since I've been through this. But even still, there are college classes out there that specifically talk about immigration and how that essentially formed this nation. Now, I will admit, I was like this at one time, but when I look back at myself, I was a very naïve high schooler that had zero experience with dealing with any social differences. But that still doesn't make it right in my book.

Just like yourself, I am human. We all make mistakes like this. And it's comments like this coming from people that make me seriously doubt humanity. Granted that this is all well within our right to freedom of speech in the First Amendment of the Constitution, but I feel as if humanitarianism is a forgotten, and the use of the First Amendment is just an easy out for people to not feel any regret for hateful remarks. Maybe it's just me. Maybe I am wrong for thinking that we shouldn't rip Coca-Cola a new one for providing an exemplary advertisement of what America IS. Maybe I am wrong for wanting a peaceful and harmonious place to live without judgement of race or religion. Maybe I AM WRONG. But maybe you are too.

Humanitarianism: An ethic of kindness, benevolence and sympathy extended universally and impartially to all human beings.

Human Beings.

That includes everyone.

Some of you can continue to make the argument that the commercial was terrible or a horrid example of what America is. And that is fine, you are entitled to that, there are always two sides to a story, but you seriously need to take a moment to repeat what you said or are going to say and really, really think to yourself and ask "Is this the image I want for myself?"

Morgan Freeman on "60 Minutes" interviewed by Mike Wallace:

WALLACE: Black History Month, you find...
FREEMAN: Ridiculous.
WALLACE: Why?
FREEMAN: You're going to relegate my history to a month?
WALLACE: Come on.
FREEMAN: What do you want with yours? Which month is White History Month? Come on, tell me.
WALLACE: I'm Jewish.
FREEMAN: OK. Which month is Jewish History Month?
WALLACE: There isn't one.
FREEMAN: Why not? Do you want one?
WALLACE: No, no.
FREEMAN: I don't either. I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.
WALLACE: How are we going to get rid of racism until...?
FREEMAN: Stop talking about it. I'm going to stop calling you a white man. And I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman. You're not going to say, "I know this white guy named Mike Wallace." Hear what I'm saying?