There is a huge issue facing Americans today. It’s all over the news. I feel that I need to write something about it, but I’m at a loss for words to address the barbaric brutality that has befallen the weakest amongst us at the FLDS (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints) compound in Texas. The pathetic consolation is that for many, the abuse is now over. Thank you, Texas. Why was this allowed to happen to begin with?
I ponder the mentality, the genetic code, the mindset that permits a culture, a gender, a society, a religion to exploit, condemn, and wreak unspeakable torture upon those that would offer them grace, softness, nurturing, and kindness. What kind of a man does it take to abuse women and children? To bloody and bruise those least able to defend themselves? Who admires these demons? Whose God do they represent?
It occurs to me that the very drive behind this has its roots in the primordial ooze: One male will mate with and breed all the females. One male will surpass the others and pass on his genes. Many males will lose. That’s nature’s way. As a society, as a nation, we all must strive to step out of the cave; to exercise self-discipline in a measure sufficient to eliminate these carnal desires, whether in our religious, political, or personal communities, lest we regress to depths we believe we left behind eons ago.
In our semi-civilized society (and I use the word ‘civilized’ loosely in this context), it’s a little tougher for one male to dominate all other males. It’s no longer acceptable to walk around with a big club, dispatching the competition at will. So why not try a different tact and just threaten and intimidate all the women into thinking this is their lot in life? Then at least, you have a shot at becoming the dominant ‘silverback’ with a guaranteed supply of subservient and fertile females. Of course, in America, with our multi-system networks of communication, it behooves you to keep these girls isolated, lest they get uppity and realize they have choices and a life of their own. Then you’re just SOL, cowboy!
What these poor women and their children have endured and in fact think they had to endure is beyond my comprehension. I only know that as citizens of Planet Earth, this is not what we strive for; this is neither our direction nor our destiny. This is insanity at its basal level and we all have an obligation to put a stop to it wherever and whenever we can. Turning a blind eye or proclaiming it none of our business isolates us from reality and responsibility and indeed makes us a part of the problem. Will you be part of the solution? It’s a simple matter of choice.
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