Finding a Voice

AND WE'RE BACK...

I took the summer off because...well because I wanted to do it. Now I'm back and I've been chewing on some thoughts. I've been debating on if I actually wanted to say anything about what's been going on lately. I don't enjoy arguments on social media. They don't get anyone anywhere. More walls are built on this stuff than torn down. To me it doesn't make sense. It takes a while for me to get my thoughts in order also which doesn't help anything when it comes to talking about issues.

My grandma and mother always told me that I need to speak up though and that's what imma do. I'm all for talking about this issue. I'm not trying to start fights or ruffle feathers. I'm just venting a lil bit

Say you break your leg. The pain that you feel isn't your body trying to annoy you. It's trying to tell you that something is wrong. Someone needs to take a look at what is wrong and try to fix it... See where I'm going? Say a country has it's people rioting, or kids are so angry they shoot their classmates, or a person is upset they lost a video game they shoot the person they lost to, or people are taking a knee/holding their fist in the air during the anthem, or choosing to sit in a different section of a bus.....Is it possible that they aren't doing this to annoy people? Is it possible that there is something wrong and people need to take what is wrong and try to fix it?

This Nike stuff has caused such an uproar with people that they choose to burn any shoes that they have or cut logo's off of socks. ARE YOU SERIOUS?? Do you know how much your mom paid to get those shoes you are burning? I still have my LeBron jersey from the first time he left because someone paid good money for me to have that. People taking all of this stuff for granted. If you don't want any of those things anymore donate it people who need it. Donate it to the Veterans that you allegedly care so much about. Kaepernick has donated more to the Veterans of this country than any of us (me included) would care to mention. There isn't one place you can look that says what these athletes are doing is to disrespect a flag (piece of cloth) or the anthem (a song). People are being killed at an alarming rate in this nation and it seems like no one really wants to do anything about it.

It's incredible to see so many people who care more about those two things than they do of the people of this country.

You're gonna boycott the NFL because of one guy that's taking a knee? So your fine with the people who have literally run people over with their car, shot people, raped people, and beat their child/wife/girlfriend.

Chick-fil-A is anti-gay: Everybody is eatin their waffle fries and chicken.

Papa John's (which is a sponsor of the NFL) founder is recorded using the N-Word: Everyone eating they pizza

H&M puts a black boy in a "monkey" shirt: everyone goes to buy that shirt

Nike chooses a dude who cares for lives of American citizens...Nah fam I'm burning all my shoes.

WHAT SENSE DOES THIS MAKE?