When They Go Low, We Go High

I have discussed the concept of Free Will (which is Divinely given but ruled by ego) and Divine Will (which is for lack of a better term, the “god principle) which is in all of us many times in the past. We are all incarnated with both of these attributes, and our job/lesson is to learn to recognize when our ego (Free Will) is ruling our decisions or if we are following Divine Will (which is always the better choice).

Today, I came across a perfect example of a person (a “friend” on Facebook -- probably not a friend for much longer) who manifests this push and pull dynamic beautifully. Valery Jo Simpson, who from all accounts in the past, seems to be a very nice person, although many of her posts do border on cruelty and hatred. I think ultimately her heart is in the right place especially when she learns tolerance and personal accountability).

This morning, she decided to post a prurient picture of two young disabled women (one who had gotten married) mocking their ability to have intimate marital relations. She even knew this was not a good idea by stating, “I am probably going to hell for this LOL) However, her ego’s need for the gratification of seeming approval through laugh emojis and positive human reinforcement from her other low vibrational friends was a stronger pull than doing the right thing (Divine Will). She clearly knew she was making a bad choice, and we all know when we are making these bad choices. But getting a laugh and approval at the expense of these young women seemed at the time more worthy and gratifying than being a good person.

I am sure when I post this her friends will rally around and call me all sorts of names from “Karen” to “humorless bitch” and folks, here is the rub. When we see wrongdoing, we are called to point it out with the hopes that the person who has done something cruel will see the truth and remedy the situation. In our world today, that does not happen. We are all too fragile to see our own frailties, yet rejoice in the frailties of others.

These young women were born with a tremendous disability, and we should see the way they have overcome it as a model of how to be good and relevant members of our society. It goes without saying, (or it should), that we should never mock someone for this. We should never mock anyone for anything for that matter. Imagine if you were the parents of these young women, and you were subjected to seeing these horrific, demeaning photoshopped images of your lovely children? We need to do better (and we have the ability to do so through the Divine Will we were all born with). And Valery Jo Simpson knew she was being cruel, but her ego thought the laughs were worth it. Were they?

Mocking others, especially those with undesired challenges and disabilities, is a twisted form of grievance. Rather than empathize with the other’s grief at having to face the challenges of disability, mockery tries to sweep them away as unworthy of empathy. These young women deserve respect and honor, just as all of our children do.

When our children get online and they see these images mocking people of disability, mocking women as objects of desire, mocking people for their political affiliations, mocking people for poverty, mocking people for their lie choices, etc. it is all the same thing. It is a corruption of YOUR ego. You are not being clever or witty, but you are teaching your children that bullying is funny and acceptable. When will we ever learn?

I am imploring every one of you who, when confronted with the choice of posting or reposting something that does not benefit humanity and only serves to mock or hurt another person, to step back and rethink your actions and intent.

Yes, I am a Christian, but I do not believe in hell. I do not think this person will go to hell for this, but I do KNOW that when she has her life review, she will be held accountable for this. That said, if she removes the post and remedies her behavior in the future, it will show that she has learned her lesson through self judgement and self control and is learning the concept of “Love Everyone”. And this post is not about Christianity. It is about being a decent person.

Do I think I am perfect? Of course not. I fight my demons every day. That is part of being a human, but I do attempt to learn from my mistakes and to rectify them when necessary. But this posting is a perfect example that we are all born with the innate knowledge of egoistic (Free Will) behavior that is wrong and damaging as opposed to following Divine Will (universal love and tolerance) which never leads us down the wrong path.

And for those that want to push back and say I do not have the right to make this woman’s name public, I do. When she posted that for the whole world to see, she gave up all rights to privacy. I have not slandered her as truth is not slander, and I have the screenshots.

Valery Jo Simpson, take this post down and the other posts you have recently uploaded unnecessarily mocking others and embrace your divinity and work on doing things to help rather than harm. You claim to embrace liberal policies and rail against the unfairness of our current system yet opening mock people with disabilities. You even condemn Trump for doing the same thing you do over and over again. You seem to view President Obama as a person you look up to. Do you think he would post some of the stuff you post. “We they go low, we go high.” Could you be any more disingenuous?

Valery Jo Simpson did not originate this post, but she reposted it. And that is not the point. She put it out there with a comment of approval encouraging mocking. Yes, it matters who the original poster was. But Valery moved the hatred forward.

The original poster was a man named Warren Graham whose page is full of hateful and mocking posts. Valery, maybe you ought to rethink your friends?

Valery, you need to do better. We all need to do better. And thank you for providing a great teaching moment.

Here is a snippet of her post. I’ve blocked the demeaning graphic.

And here is her response to me questioning why she did it. A bit of a double standard here. She is clearly mocking two women with a disability, but condemning Trump for doing the same exact thing.

The sad thing is, she probably won't get it but hopefully a seed has been planted.