In 1864, President Lincoln said that as a new nation, we were conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal.
Ever since we elected a man of color as our president, we have had to endure the wrath of the righteous, racist right-wingers who have continually stirred the pot of discontent. Their efforts were greatly magnified when President Obama won a second term of office.
Those who considered it their sworn duty to whip their ilk into a gnarling, gnashing horde of miscreants became empowered with rhetorical phrases that bordered on racism, while not actually stating it in so many words. They also became judge and jury over anyone who may lack the credentials of a 'True Christian.'
Confederate Flags began to emerge as a sign of their newly-found Civil War drums of years gone by. Old dreams - or nightmares - of the transgressors 'good old days of slaves' reared their ugly heads. Hot heads in various Southern States are demanding they secede from a nation that 'allows' itself be ruled by an administration of color and ungodly faith. South Carolina alone has at least 19 hate groups. More than 12 are racial hatred, specifically.
Too many folks haven't read - or have chosen to forget - the words 'united we stand and divided we fall.'
We are witnessing a very ugly and very dangerous plague in America today and it can only be stopped when the perpetrators are willing to stop it. They have built the blueprint for this frenzy of hate and now is the time for them to own up to it, because there will always be weaker minds and attention-grabbing devotees who are more than happy to do the devil's bidding.
The question of the moment, however, is how many more innocent people must be injured or killed before all of this ends?
