Kindness, Exceptionalism, and Historical Perspective

How is it that in a land of 330 million "exceptional" people, this nation will have to pick from two 75-year-old men - neither of which is very bright - to lead them? Makes you wonder about our so-called "exceptionalism", if not about our democracy.

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People must maintain a historical perspective. It is everyone's foundation. Yet, there are young people - many of them in the black community - who have no historical perspective. They think the world began with them. So, they write the rules - inevitably stupid rules - and then they convince like-minded, non-historical individuals to help perpetuate their vision. One of their more recent rules: "Let's call everybody 'Nigguhs'".

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All human being are affected by kindness. Some are even shocked. They are the ones who need it most.