America and the Hatred of Immigrants

The conservative urge to clear the nation of all those branded different is nothing new, not in America, not anywhere. Conservatism is, in many ways, nothing more than an attack on everything that is different. That could mean difference of opinion, difference in ideas, difference in clothing, in sexuality, identity, race, and, yes, even nationality. Often times well meaning, and not so well meaning, folks make the mistake of thinking that they will be able to work together with conservatives to reach a common goal. That, must like a cowboy who breaks a roving mustang to save it and himself from extinction, it will be able to reign in the nastier sides of conservatism, the hatred, the rage, the exceptionalism, and ride off into the sunset. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth. There has never been a time in human history when conservatism, when allowed to roam free, did not run amuck. Conservatism, at its core, is a hunter for authority over everyone and everything. The lust for power runs deep in humans in general. Conservatism is merely the tool that is used to convey that lust for power. It comes to you nicely at first, asking you, would you not like to feel safer, my friend. Would you not like to be able to walk outside without seeing all those scantily clad sluts and whores. Would you not like to walk to your car without seeing all those dirty homeless folks on the sidewalk. Would you not like to be able to order your food from a man who speaks your own language. Would you not like to attend the same church as everyone in your community. Would you not like to live with folks who look just like you. Is it really such a crime that you want these things, my friend. Look at other countries. Do they not live in communities with their own kind. Do they not dress modestly. Do they not have respect for the one true god. Do they roam about as the savages do or do they conform to the higher authorities. You know the answer, my friend, and I can be that answer for you. I can clean up the streets. I can make you safe. I can you make proud to be American again. These questions creep into the mind much like the allegory of Satan tempting Jesus. Remember that it was Satan that promised Jesus all the things in the world. Jesus, the representation of good in the story, never offers the world. He only offers love. Love is free. Love does not require acts of service. It is unconditional. It is always there for those who wish to indulge in it. This is how, the story goes, that Jesus beat Satan, not with armies, but with love. Humanity struggles with love. They do not give it freely. They demand acts for it. Humanity has very much forgotten the goodness of Christ. Instead, humanity has chosen to go the way of Satan, the conquering, marauding, foolhardy being who wants more and more and more, and is never satisfied when he gets it. Make no mistake, conservatism is Satanic. Satan never comes to you in his own form. He comes as guardian, a bringer of peace, a bringer of light. Satan hates man and seeks to destroy him, and to do this he uses men's own hatred and fear of each other to turn them against one another. Turn on any conservative show right now and you will see what I mean. You are to be afraid of the stranger, the alien, the foreigner, the immigrant, for, according to the conservative, they are coming to destroy your wealth, to take your job, to end your life. And no, I am not so naive as to think that all immigrants are innocents. No one is innocent, not even the small child who steals your cookie when you are not looking. But did Jesus not love the little children. Did not Jesus love the stranger, the homeless, the forgotten. Conservatism corrupts Christianity and uses it as a tool to obtain power. It captivates and hoodwinks its followers so much that they can no longer tell good from evil, very much like Satan. I do not hate the immigrant for the immigrant is me and I am him. It is a tale as old as time.

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