I'm going to drop this here...

[OneGrassRoot]

92. I'm longing for harmony, not solidarity or unity.

I don't think the latter is possible for a multitude of reasons in today's world, not the least of which is the varied personality types. Some people simply have personality types which result in being offended whereas others aren't. But we can work together in harmony, with our myriad individual voices.

That's what I'm realizing, at least. Though I'll keep an open mind for other applicable explanations as well.

I agree with you. I hope we can not only move forward, but work through the wounds created over the last week...and the wounds created within the LGBT community for similar reasons when they were criticized as a group for "acting up" and other wounds created in the recent past.

If we don't, moving forward is pointless. It will be just like what's happened to the AA community since Civil Rights. All the hate and ick and feelings of oppression were pushed under the surface, like a boil, and it has erupted since Obama's election. I happen to feel that's a positive thing -- it has to come to the surface in order to be acknowledged, tended to and to work toward some measure of healing.