A response to violence at a Trump rally

This was a response I felt compelled to write on Facebook in response to (yet another) article that popped up in my feed on violence taking place at a Donald Trump rally. It is heartfelt. A link to the article is attached below.

Assault at North Carolina Trump Rally

Trump seems to have become the de facto leader, the rallying force behind the white supremacy movement. He encourages this racism, this division, and this violence. This is NOT the kind of world I want to live in or want my kids to have to live in.

We need to come together as a people, not tear our own country apart. We've seen how well that works not just in history, but by watching the news every night. We see countries being torn apart around the world: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Ukraine, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the insurgencies in the Sahel and Nigeria among other places. There is unrest in many other countries as well. Let us not bring it here.

I am ashamed that violence at American political rallies is what other countries are seeing when they watch the news at night or go on the internet. We look like the biggest hypocrites in the world when we expect other countries to behave better than we do.. We sure won't "Make America Great Again" by ripping America apart, by harming, demeaning, and mocking our own citizens. Again, Trump's rhetoric reminds me of Hitler. And, no, I've never said, or felt that way, about any other candidate. Read your history books.

Please read this whole article. If this is okay with you, or if you support this behavior then, please, unfriend me now. I honestly have no desire to stay friends with anyone who supports or condones this. It's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously injured either at one of his rallies or afterward because of Trumps rhetoric and seeming support.

If you are a Christian, I ask you to look into your heart. If God is love, what love do you see here? What love do you find in his words? How can you support this? If it starts with blacks, Hispanics, and Muslims, where does it go next? Peace