This is gonna get deep……
Is it ok for people to think differently than you do? Is it ok for someone to have their own
beliefs and stand by them? What if their
beliefs are very different than your beliefs, is it still ok?
It feels like the world is filled with people who live for
‘Freedom of Speech’ but does that make it all right to say anything you want? I
think with ‘Freedom of Speech’ comes a responsibility and I feel like there are
not enough people in the world who take ownership of that responsibility.
It is ok to believe what you believe. It is ok to feel differently than someone
else. It is ok to think differently than
someone else.
It is not ok to be hateful to someone who thinks differently
than you. It is not ok to exclude people
for being different than you. It is not ok to be closed minded.
So here goes, what makes it ok to hate someone because of
their homosexuality, race, religion?
What makes it ok for someone to be unaccepting of other people because
they think or live differently than you?
I struggle with being accepting of people who aren’t
accepting. I just don’t understand how
someone being gay, black, Muslim has any affect on you whatsoever. So here I am NOT being accepting of people
who aren’t being accepting of other people.
I am obviously wrong and really need to just accept that there will
always be people that will believe differently than I do.
I hope to always teach my children to accept people, no
matter what. To be willing to understand
other people and accepting of their personal choices, even if those people are
different than us. I hope to always teach my children to be respectful and
loving towards all people.
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