Liar!

In a society run on fear many are afraid to call things as they are. The Catholic Archdiocese withdrawal of Catholic churches from neighborhoods when African American moved in is seldom called ‘racist’. When we brought out our banner saying “Marquette Teaches Killing” people were upset, although it was a true statement. When a security guard lies in the courtroom, as happened in my trial for trespassing at Marquette, few want to call it what it is, perjury.

Maybe people are worried about being ‘politically correct’ but I do not think so. I think many people fear controversy and conflict. Calling things as they are can be controversial and most like to avoid controversy. Conflict can be creative but when feared it is to be avoided. We, in my opinion, have become a nation of followers, followers of the media, party, people in power. No one wants to be out of step with where they believe others expect them to be.

Categorization, stigmatization and labeling of people become norm. Living with fear takes words like ‘racist’, liar and killer out of our vocabulary makes it harder to call it as it is.

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