#SHARE TOP 10 Things I learned on the ground, at the border crisis about humanitarianism: mobile.wnd/2014/07/we-must-send-illegal-children-home/ I adopted a son of Hispanic descent who also happens to have Down Syndrome. He is the heart of my family and much of the reason for my activism. If the diseases that the immigrant children are spreading (more than 100 sick children already released into the community where I live), realistically, it could kill a child like my Samuel. I am not being selfish. I am saying that maybe your compassion is screwing my compassion, but that doesn’t make me any less compassionate. It also happens that your version of compassion is illegal. I don’t appreciate being called a “racist” over and over because my road to compassion is different than the emotional, reactionary one of so many out there who, in my opinion, aren’t thinking long term in their actions at this moment. As parents, we are often called to resist an immediate need for that which is better for our child in the long run. We are often called to refrain from emotion, and act with rational intention even when it kills us to do it. That’s my view of compassion. It’s a state of mind.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:48:29 +0000
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