The Wall That Trump Built, How Will We Tear It Down?
Brick by brick, dismantling the wall of hate that hurts us all.
Tear down this wall
In just a few days, Trump loses the 2020 election. Let’s hope it’s a landslide, a clear voice of America shouting: “Mr. Donald Trump, tear down this wall.”
I am not talking about the literal wall — the four hundred or so miles of lame fence that (maybe??) stops a few migrants at the border — but the walls we have allowed Trump to erect that divide partners, families, communities and whole nations.
We all need our loved ones; we need healing, reconciliation, a call to decency and true values again. We all need to see remnants where we once saw solid iron division between people who actually need to help one another.
Step One: Realize, that if we didn’t have such severe hatred before, we can indeed, live without it once again.
Before four years ago, we may have mumbled about our racist uncle, or sexist sister, or fanatical friend. We just put up with them, not fully understanding, but not making a big deal about it.
Now the separations are clear. It’s better not to pretend they were never there, but to instead, confront one another with a bridge building love that is…
