Accepting Responsibility

IF YOU DO NOT WANT your intellectual property to be stolen, do not allow it to be stolen. either safeguard it effectively, or distribute it according to terms acceptable to you. If you do not wish to be victimized by unfair trade agreements, do not willingly engage in under trade agreements which victimize you. If you do not wish your jobs to go overseas, do not send them there. This advice is given pro bono to the American corporate community. If you happen to support Black Lives Matter, ro to be a member, or African-American, and you happen to notice some right wing reprobate wearing a confederate flag and an MAGA cap, ignore the idiot. Initiate no confrontation. His right to individual self expression is far more important than your outrage, no matter how justified your outrage. All across the land of freedom the confederate flag is coming down legally, according to proper jurisdiction of state and local governments. Be content with that progress. Your side is winning. You can address the situation at the ballot box or in the editorial pages, without resorting to personal confrontations with reactionary reprobates adorned in racist, traitorous attire. You have far bigger fish to fry, so to speak. This advice is given free of charge, from a fellow progressive. And for those of you who have given yourselves to Christ, who fear for the souls of and disparage thoe who have not, and who complain about an alleged "war on Christianity",her is some good advice, given gratis. Do not worry about whether anyone else is a Christian, and do not allow your fears of our constitutionally secular country delude you into imagining that some vague entity is conducting a war against you or your beliefs. It just aint hap'nin. There is no such war. There is in America only religious freedom and diversity, and a shrinking percentage of the population embracing traditional religion. so, accept it, and get over it. You are and shall always be able to practice your religion, at least in your heart and mind, whether or not some future tyrannical government criminalizes it. Your best behavior would be to stop trying to intimidate others into abandoning their chosen beliefs.