What will you tell your children?

I recently saw this post on facebook and realized that this narrow minded stupidity is really what is destroying our country.

It's not really the protests and the violence, or even the politicians that are destroying America. We the people are the ones that are doing it. We've allowed ourselves to become lazy and complacent. We assume that things we read online are truth without bothering to do any research. Some folks simply base their opinions on the headline, without even reading the article. In many cases, you will find that there is information in that article that clarifies or even contradicts the headline. But people don't want to take the time to do their research.

I mean, the MSM wouldn't lie to you, would they? Even after it's been proven that the main stream media has repeatedly lied or reported information that was never verified, people still think they can do no wrong.

My children and grandchildren will know that when some people took an extremist and narrow minded view of things, on both sides of the debate, I did my very best to find out the details and make an informed decision on how I want my country to move forward. They will know that I prefer fidelity, truth and respect and did my best to share those values with others.

The fact that so many people have been trained to believe anyone with differing opinions is evil is what is wrong with this world. Too many participation children now coming into voting age and I'm scared for our future. I pray they continue to be as lazy as they are with researching facts on election day. Stay home because you're afraid of the bad people out there. Stay home so you don't get sick because we couldn't stop a virus. Stay home because you have faith that your candidate will win based on what the polls say.