Things Are Different Now?

"Things are different now."

Those four words are amazing for their almost hypnotic affect on the human psyche. Usually when I hear that phrase from someone, I always respond with the question, "Are things really different, or have things simply been repackaged?"

Change is difficult for people, as we tend to get comfortable with the status quo. Change requires work and feelings of discomfort. Seriously, who would want to change the way things are...especially if things are relatively satisfying.

I like the people who push the envelop to REALLY challenge the status quo. They are the courageous ones...the creative ones.

I wanna be that type of person who never gets comfortable and says, "Things are different now," when things clearly are not.

The point?

Things are NOT different now! You look around you and you can see the same problems and issues from 10 to 20 years ago. For example, look at the attempts of members of a certain political party to disenfranchise many voters with their voter suppression laws. Yes, it is the equivalent of a poll tax to force many people to have a particular state I.D...look back through history and you will discover this same type of scurrilous activity.

Look up the Lily-White Movement...We don't hear much about this, because "Things are different now." But you might discover something that has been happening since Reconstruction and still continues to this day.

Things ARE NOT different now....Things are simply different in the way they are presented.

Until next Monday...