The saying most known is “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” Which technically has a different connotation than the original statement.

The original statement reads: “It is easier to fall for anything than to stand for something.”  This was printed circa 1926 in a Methodist Paper in Iowa. Which does come across as a preachy religious context, but it makes a point as preachers are want to do.

Fast forward to 2020 and almost everyone is falling for the Floyd guilt trip. I don’t.

While the police used excessive force, this wouldn’t have spurred the world gone mad if Floyd had been white.

Let’s look at the facts: His criminal past started with small felonies, and more recently his release from jail. https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/george-floyds-rap-sheet-from-texas/90308692/

From his autopsy results says Floyd had heart disease and a history of high blood pressure. It includes a more complete toxicology report that said Floyd had evidence of several drugs in his blood and urine, including morphine, fentanyl, cannabis and methamphetamine, although not all of the tests were reliable.

Did his family love him? Sure ,since they still stand for him, but they don’t want the world to fall for him. But that’s exactly whats going on, after the world was contained at home during a continuing pandemic.

Now we have protests, riots, looting, all going on globally. White guilt and privileged is running rampant on social media, television, and everyone is taking a stand. But they shouldn’t because they are falling into a trap that there is no release from.

Personally, I treat everyone equally and the way I want to be treated. I try to do a good deed every day, or at worst I don’t interact with anyone, and stifle my urge to kick my husband’s ankles for when he doesn’t clean up after himself. But nothing to set the world on fire and the National Guard at my door. But I won’t feel guilty over the acts of others, and having no ability to rewrite history and change the past.

Stand up for yourself, for your actions, but falling into the guilt of the masses won’t change anything. It’s not how human nature works. We’re just a speck of time in this universe, better and worse people have come before us, and will come after us. Maybe future generations will look back on this time and based on the mores of the future will have their own reckoning of our history, and teach a whole different lesson according to their experience and how the future stands. But for now, I’m not falling for it, and I’ll continue to make my little part as best as I can for those around me.