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Parkin Hunter's avatar

Wow. Nothing much has changed since South Carolina’s first slaves were brought into Charleston in January, 1807 on a ship named the “Fair American.”

When is Korematsu going to come roaring back?

The only solution I have at the moment is we need to concentrate on getting Schumer out of the Senate and the NY Governor to appoint AOC to the seat or call a special election, whatever the NY procedure is. How can the dimocrats (not a typo) be so bereft of leadership?

Did you see AOC and Bernie in Colorado? My oh my.

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Accidental ArtMaker's avatar

We need to get these men back. And stop further inhumanity.

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Priscilla Payne's avatar

Elizabeth, this is some writing. The inhumanity of the treatment of these men shakes my heart and soul. How can we make sure these people who abducted these men get punished. Is the International Court a possibility? Something has to be done. We are sure showing the ugly side of our people. You have to be one sick human to treat others that way.

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K Whitefire Felkner's avatar

From our core values and essence, we need to, get to, make calls so:

We send no more people there

We get those sent there back here

From our core values and essence,

We also demand reparations:

We demand physical care will happen with them (not to them) when they are back.

We demand psychological care

We demand enforcement of this.

We demand a reputable group of people handle this every step of the way. This means we cannot leave it up to the current cabinet picks for enforcement.

Yes, in our current system of government, to have this happen, we would need to go through the courts to make it enforceable. And, that means months to years, unless, are there some "irreparable harm" immediate court solutions available?

How can we shift this tragic event to human care? What other options do we have to stop this in our name?

At the same time we must vision, from our core values and essence, a humanitarian nation, the prisoners at home, the harmless free, cared about and with family. Vision those who would harm receiving services too.

And when we vision this happening, present time, we can also let our core essence lead us to a "what is mine to do" action - big or small - locally, in person to shift the balance toward good.

Our voice changes the narrative, our actions change the proportion and level of immediate care. No action is too small.

PS Visioning is a 5-7 step process that can help us allow and create good in our world.

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Eileen Hale's avatar

This makes it difficult to use the Like button - so I want to make it clear, maybe just to myself, that I hate what is being reported, what is happening, but that it is so important that it IS reported. Thank you. A very somber thank you.

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Nancy Datres's avatar

Horrifying atrocities. The crimes against humanity seem to be acceptable to some monsters. The Holocaust, the “comfort girls”. The crimes against humanity here in our country; genocide of Native Americans; internment of Japanese Americans; the intentional syphilis “experiment” on the black Tuskegee airmen. I always need to shake my head when I hear any U.S. leader say, “This is not who we are.” Really? And now the removal of people with no due process, sent to a torture prison in El Salvador. My God!

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Yvonne Whisenant (PA)'s avatar

Fighting back tears. I will share this essay with everyone, even my elected officials.

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