I knew when those in power were falling apart they would use as “escape goat” to put on the blame on. It might not start with us but eventually it would hit my mirror as well so I knew were I must look. So, I stood up against “oppression” where-ever it existed. At first it was as clear as day when those of a different skin color would have to sit in a certain area of a bus or drink from “their” water fountain but eventually it became more clouded. Were those in blue always as bigoted as they said were or was there more gray that hit the eye? Did the LGBTQIA+ community feel truly oppressed or might they be wrong? Yes, I thought everyone should have “the right” to marry but how about bathrooms or sporting teams?
The liberals were “my team” until suddenly I noticed I wasn’t supposed to play. I started then to explore history not just from the side I was told to be on but the other side and noticed communist and totalitarians from the left had oppressed me and my people as well. Yet this was a story which for some reason was hidden from me. Of course this was the extreme and nothing like this would happen here right? Then it all was thrown in my face as suddenly the campuses and cities I was warmly welcomed in suddenly protested my very existence. Friends, I thought would protect us came out and lied about my very being and how I got here. I realized then that I was just their “useful idiot” but not anymore. In the end those that follow blindly might just fall off their own cliff.