Forum Post: Staying Strong in the Face of Hate
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 17, 2011, 9:29 p.m. EST by shannonnn
(10)
from Cañon City, CO
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I got a message from my father last night that he saw me on the local news on the front lines of the protest in Denver. In an angry voice he said I have things backwards and that he is going to cut me off so i can go live in a tent with my socialist pig friends. I am a 22 year old student who is about to graduate with $10,000 in debt and i work about 20 hours a week at a family owned bar. My parents still help fill in cause i don't make enough to support myself and i am grateful for that. My dad's message was filled with so much anger and hate towards this movement and we had a heated hour long discussion where he continued to call this movement a bunch of jobless hippy stoners who don't want to go get a job. It breaks my heart to hear him say these things but i am going to continue to fight for the people and i encourage anyone who is having trials like this to stay strong and remember that if we stay together we can better this world for us and the people like my dad who cannot see past the lies and deception that the government, media, and corporations have told.
Yoda once said, "Fear leads to anger."
Precisely. And here we also see that "anger leads to suffering." :(
you're 22 and still need your parents help to live? I feel sorry for your parents.
Please ask your father to view this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgZeAOaq4U
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CjrZNi49bE&feature=related
He relates to the establishment, and he's scared. That's a good sign. Don't blame him, pity him - and love him despite it all, he's your dad. IMO.
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It is sad. My sister is like your dad but I do not depend on her for anything. It just amazes me how people can be fooled. The right wing media is good a fooling people, Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, Frank Lutz and their ilk are very good at fooling people and lying. For what reason I do not know.
So sorry shannonnn, stay strong and hopefully he will realize what we are fighting for...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
The important is to fight in what you seem it's right, regardless of others hearsays, but you must be alive and healthfull to do that, so protect yourself.