Title: A Soliloquy by Henry McCoy
Author: Kara Michal
Rating: PG for subject matter
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Summary: Hank rambles on a topic close to his heart
Hatred; bearing ill will for another. Ignorance; remaining uninformed, stupid and unenlightened. Jingoism; intolerance for any difference. Keeping such benighted beliefs, and acting upon them, has brought much misery to this world.
Love, tolerance and respect for diversity seem difficult concepts for the world at large to embrace. Magnanimity may rule within the high-minded enclave of the mansion cum institute where I make my home, where I may bare my hirsute, indigo visage without fear of reproach, but that freedom ceases at the gates.
Nihilism threatens to overtake my soul, swallowing up the weak rays of faith. Optimism is but a fragile lifeline against the dragging morass of despair. Perhaps, if I simply ignore the hatred, it will just as simply evaporate. Quietly I chuckle at my own childish assertions. Rationally, once the source of a disease is identified, it can be cured. Societal ills, however, behave far differently from physical ailments. This monster, bigotry, can not be chased from under the collective bed with the flip of a light switch.
Understandably, the general populace is frightened by my appearance. Verily, my physiology is fearsome, overlarge, and intimidating. Why can they not see the mind that is housed within?
Xenophobia may be one answer; the irrational fear of anyone outside ones insular group. Yet, though I understand the reasons, the reality is unpalatable. ‘Zounds, unhappy words they cut me to the quick.
Anatomical difference, or a disagreement of philosophy, neither can justify the violence visited upon groups and individuals. Brutality has no justification.
Change can only begin with action. Difficulty must not be a factor in creating that change. Each and every person has the choice to make a difference, or to allow entropy to rule. Fear of the unknown, however, is the greatest obstacle. God help us all to make that change.
Hic et ubique, here and everywhere, though hatred infect, the cure will begin with me.
