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No Voice in a Modern Age

The rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few...

By IgsfirePublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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It all started way before any of us were born. Civil Rights, Political Rights, and Social Equality Rights are all items that I believe most individuals would strive for if those said rights were not available. Yet this particular group of individuals, live in the shadows attempting to be normal individuals, and yet they can never be what most would define as normal. Before we get too in-depth into this article. Let us understand that this group has nothing to do with Criminal, Political, Racial, Religious, or LGBTQ+ Affiliations.

I will neither publish why this group has been penalized nor why this group is profiled long before most of us were even born. The purpose of this article is merely to open your eyes to the understanding that individuals outside the current social norm of social equality, civil equality, and political equality are still out there. You can trust that this is an actual group that has been victimized and continues to be so. This group of individuals may live among you as friends, neighbors, or even a trusted individual helping you through your day-to-day lives.

So why publish this at all. As I write this article I understand that doing so can have dire ramifications if they choose to admit publically how this individual came to be in this position. Perhaps this may open a dialogue for others out there to reexamine the types of individuals that they come into contact with. Someone may find a bit more courage in choosing to discuss how they have been profiled, victimized, or even told that they cannot find their voice even among their friends.

What makes this article even more so interesting is that they are a law-abiding, tax-paying citizen with no criminal record (minus a couple of tickets that are too old to affect me or they went to traffic school). Their wife understands what they are living through to a degree but their children may be better off never knowing until it is necessary for them too. They have gone to college and taught my teachers a thing or two.

If you made it this far, I doubt you would figure out what it is that they are in terms of the group that I was not elected to represent, but they are a shining example of what we can be. Have they been the most successful in life? No, but they are happy with the life that they have so far as it is more than they could have hoped for. If they are happy, then why are they classified in this group.

They wanted to serve in the Armed Forces as their mother and father did before them and the majority of their family have done as well, but were barred from service for multiple reasons including the group that they are afiliated with. If they wanted to fly on a major airline with what they are publically announced, then they would most likely be judged and told to leave the plane by the social norms that exist around me. If their significant other and I fought for custody of our children, then she would win by default. For years and admitedly so by doctors and other medical professionals, they have been told diagnoses that were drastically incorrect based on a bias that is trained into their medical norm.

You can try to guess as much as you want. Yet in the end, most of them who are out there and the public are feared and pushed into that by media norms. Children are taught to fear them when one person goes out of line. Some politicians spout hate towards them with the intent of gaining political favor. In the end, they do exist, they are out there, and even though they do not wish to be judged, they must do so in the world that they live. Thank you for taking the time to read this article.

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