Thank Goodness its over!

The last couple of months on a social level have been problematic.  With such a polarized mix of friends and family, I have to literally filter my facebook feed just to say anything political which I have always found annoying.  No, I am not antagonistic and mean about my opinions, I am actually pretty moderate in my temperment (while passionate about how I feel) and I do not usually deliver what anyone would dare call a negative message.  I know I am a hippie in a sense... I want freedom, I want love, I want everyone to just live together in harmony and accept each other for who they are....
I will not change that, it is not a silly idea and here is why.

Our country was unique centuries ago when men came together and attempted to create a society where people had the freedom to be who they were without another person infringing on that...and to be fair, even those guys had a VERY hard time adapting to it.  They had a specific ideal on who that population included and who it did not.  

Now it is 2012 and we as a nation still struggle with the concept of individual freedom and what that really means.  To me...this is what it means.

One of my friends can be a Christian, one of my friends can be a Muslim, one an Atheist, one a Pagan...one who keeps what he thinks to himself... and you know what...they ALL have the same freedoms.  
Women and Men choose what they do with their lives without someone who disagrees with them even on the most fundamental of levels intruding on that ability to be who they are....
Gay, Straight, Lesbian, or Bi... does not matter at all because those affiliations do not change a citizen's rights....
Regardless of where you come from.... Chelsea or Staten Island, a poor neighborhood or a gated community... you SHOULD have the SAME opportunity without guilt of being successful or having a hard time....

I may be called a dreamer... but I think people CAN work together if they remember that in the end, no matter how hard it is...we have to ALLOW for other people to have DIFFERENT principles and ideas and beliefs and we have to UNDERSTAND that the true amazing part of our nation comes from the fact that we have to have the ulitmate level of freedom, leaving people's lives to themselves on those very hard issues.... no matter how hard it is...to sustain America.