Conditionally Wrong

One of the biggest problems we face in the world today is something I like to refer to as Conditionally Wrong. This involves the act of one party feeling something is wrong only when it benefits them or when they try and shift the blame by comparing their wrong to another wrong.

When it comes to politics and the state of our country I feel like we are living in a nightmare that we are struggling to wake up from. There is a major lack of accountability being held on both sides of the aisle and the actions being displayed are embarrassing. The hatred and division in our country is so heartbreaking. The following is a statements by an attorney who was representing a man who was jailed for allegedly plotting a terror attack. This is a prime example of whats wrong in our country right now when you think about the term conditionally wrong:

” Oyer referenced President Donald Trump multiple times, comparing her client’s racial slurs and targeting of Democrats and the media to similar views that the President has taken… She added that while the racial slurs Hasson allegedly used in private writings were condemnable, they are now part of the national vocabulary… Donald Trump uses similar epithets in his everyday language and tweets.”

Bringing it all together what makes matters worse is that our youth are observing whats happening and emulating the behaviors. In emulating the behaviors ,they are doing it with no fear of repercussions because sadly this has become the norm.

Looking at this from a family standpoint, there are families who needs to stop trying to protect the wrongdoers and hold them accountable. Hurt people hurt people and when families do not hold the wrongdoers accountable it causes a disservice to the victim and creates uneasiness within the family dynamics. That disservice created can furthermore turn the perpetrator into a bigger predator and the victim into a perpetrator of the same predatory actions that they experienced. Break the cycle before it begins and it starts with acting accordingly and doing whats right.

“Snitches get stitches” and “no snitching” are other types of conditionally wrong behavior that has been around for a very long time. However, the irony in those two statements is that they only apply when it doesn’t involve a loved one. You tend to find that same person who claims to live and die by those statements to be the same person who’s pleading for peoples help in finding the person that caused harm to their loved one. You can’t have it both ways and want to stay quiet or yell free the homie knowing they’re guilty but then get mad when no one speaks up in regards to your loved one. Justice comes with justly behavior and while I agree that sometimes the system fails us, we cannot allow that to keep us from acting justly. Modeling justly behavior should not be limited to just our love ones but to all we know who have been wronged.

Something I want to leave you with is a reminder that, whether it be family, friends or whomever, if they are wrong call them on their mess and hold them accountable. We have to get away from shifting blame and making excuses. You know whats right so do whats right and that can be done simply by correcting the wrong rather than protecting the wrong.
Be blessed.

Reference:
Shortell, David & Sullivan, Kate. “Federal judge says Coast Guard officer accused of terror attack plot will be released from detention.” CNN.
25 May 2019.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/politics/hasson-detention-judge/index.html