Apparently, peace is the problem in America Today

So, I was called a racist today for the first time because I issued a “blanket peace” statement about our current crisis in America. I shared a post on Facebook which was a quote by Elizabeth Elliot that read, “Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.”

 I added the comment, a similar one to what I posted on twitter, “This is so true in America right now. This country was founded upon freedom, liberty and justice for all. Don't destroy what needs reform. History tells of many times citizens destroyed what they opposed only to make way for far worse.”

Apparently, I am the problem in America today.

To clarify my statement further, it was in reference to all the rebellions that united people around common beliefs so that they’d over throw their government, and then become enslaved to something far worse. I was thinking of France in 1789, Cuba in 1953, Iran in 1979 and Egypt in 2011, though I'm sure there are plenty more examples. 

Being called a racist and part of the problem has left me with a lot of questions, ones that I’d genuinely like to hear some answers to, so I’ll pose them on my blog for an open, respectful discourse, comments that are disrespectful will be deleted.

1. How is a call to peace racist?
2. (in response to the person’s comment) What rights have been taken away from the African American community in the last 50 years?
3. What is systematically denied to the African American community by our government?
4. If racism is the governments fault, then what did Barack Obama do to help or hurt this situation further?
5. If the government is at fault for racism, what laws need to change to fix this?
6. What is the end goal of the protests?
7. How does arson, looting, destroying dreams, and killing accomplish this?
8. Why should I pay for the “alleged” sins of my ancestors, when I don’t personally know the role they played in atrocities of the past?
9. How do we determine a racists or non-racist if not by the color of their skin?
10. Why am I racists for thinking that George Floyd’s death was horribly injustice, just as the deaths of the 9 innocent people killed by protesters is unjust?
11. What quantifies one’s ancestors suffering over another’s ancestors suffering? My ancestors weren’t black, but some died in Auschwitz, what qualifies me for reparations for the injustice they suffered?
12. Why do I need to live shackled by the past instead of walking with love for all into the future?

The damage that's been done far surpasses burned churches and destroyed businesses, the lines in the sand have been starkly drawn. I have friends of different races, backgrounds, religious beliefs and have always felt that diversity is part of the beauty of our world, but I'll not bow for a sin that's not mine. That gives it far more power than it previously ever had, deepening wounds rather than bringing unity.

There's a difference in protests and riots
                                        protesters and looters
                                        justice for all, or justice for one at the cost of many more

This is a horrible time in this country, and I'm genuinely afraid for the world my children will grow up in, especially after a white friend was attacked in a target parking lot by a gang of black men seeking "justice" for George Floyd. No answers will come from more violence, name calling, burning, destroying. The peaceful leaders of the past, who had a goal and accomplished it, would be disgusted at the lawlessness in our streets today. 

But, I'm white, so I'm the problem?
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