I have decided I'm going to build a blanket for and go hide in it. 

If only life were really that easy.  I've gotten to the point that I am afraid to turn on the news.  The hatred shown every day is overwhelming.  Everyone seems to think they are the only right group. 

This country was always referred to as a melting pot.  We are a mixture of peoples and ideals.  We are supposed to, emphasis on supposed to, work together for the common good.  We've seen world leaders rise and fall, yet Americans have always stood tall.  Until now. 

I used to picture the term melting pot as a big pot of stew cooking over an open flame.  Everything mixed so well together.  Then someone, somewhere, threw in something that curdled the pot.  Now, we are a bunch of little splinter groups, all believing their little group is the right group; and all the rest of the groups are just wrong.

I used to believe that for the most part, we were all working towards the same goal.  I now know just how wrong I was to think that.  Oh, there are still folks trying to work together to make our country better.  Unfortunately, it seems there are more working  against this than for it. 

Today, a woman lost her life, because some splinter groups decided to have at it.  From what I understand, this was supposed to be a peaceable demonstration against the removal of a Confederate statue.  This is the part I don't understand.  Why did you need to ship in dozens (probably hundreds, but I can't personally verify that, so I'll go with dozens) of protestors? 

We are supposed to be a civilized society.  What has happened?  Seriously, what has happened? 

Now here's another thought.  The North Korean's could very easily be watching all this and thinking they won't even need to nuke us, because we are going to blow ourselves up and they won't have to worry about us.  Okay, it's a stretch, but think about it.  We are supposed to be the powerhouse of the world, and what the hell are we doing?  We are killing each other off, because we cannot seem to get our act together.  Some powerhouse.  More like laughing stock.  I'm actually embarrassed.  Which is why I want to build a fort and go hide.  But I won't.  I'm gong to be an adult.  I'm going to be strong.  I'm going to remember that we are all created equal.  ALL.  I'm going to do my best to set a good example.  Oh, I'll mess up sometimes.  But I will try.