{"id":7420,"date":"2017-05-16T06:33:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=7420"},"modified":"2017-05-16T06:36:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:36:48","slug":"weve-got-something-how-bout-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=7420","title":{"rendered":"we’ve got something \u2014 how ’bout you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a great cheer when I was in high school (and no, we will not discuss today how actual long ago that was).<\/em> But I remember being somewhat enthralled with the \u201cwe\u2019ve got spirit \u2014 yes, we do\u201d line, to which the perceived opposing side took their turn chanting the same\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got spirit \u2014 yes, we do! We\u2019ve got spirit; how \u2018bout you?!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The chants would continue for a seemingly prolonged amount of time \u2014 loudly, in unison, joined by a plethora of finger pointing at the other team. As the pointing and shouting lost a bit of their vocal luster, one side would alter their intonation by instead shouting simply, \u201cWe\u2019ve got more! We\u2019ve got more!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

To which the adolescents \u2014 not wanting the other to have the last word \u2014 would immediately retort, \u201cThat\u2019s what they all say! That\u2019s what they all say!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Many days I wonder how much we\u2019ve actually grown; let me say it another way\u2026 Many days I wonder how many patterns repeat themselves and how adolescent\/teen behavior is contemporarily made manifest, although the adults involved now use bigger words, a few more syllables, have a little more money, and dress maybe more maturely.<\/p>\n

True, we don\u2019t seem to hear chants of one societal group having far more spirit than another, but we do hear less rhythmic refrains, such as\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got compassion, yes, we do! We\u2019ve got compassion; how \u2018bout you?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

And we then certainly hear the\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got more! We\u2019ve got more!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

And\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what they all say!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s verbalized; maybe it\u2019s not. Yet one could easily argue the compassion self-assessment is generously implied\u2026 and the rest of the onlookers, watching at the so-called game, get lured into believing that only one side is motivated by compassion.<\/p>\n

Think about the current refugee resettlement situation, for example\u2026<\/p>\n

I so admire those who desire to love the refugee well, exemplifying the message of \u201cThe New Colossus,\u201d the words engraved inside the pedestal’s lower level on the Statue of Liberty. \u201c\u2026 Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free\u2026\u201d I see such compassion, in wanting to care for the person who has less than we, wanting to share what we have and give them what they need.<\/p>\n

I also so admire those who desire to care for our citizens well, exemplifying the message of the Constitution, the words articulated in the introductory Preamble\u2026 wanting to \u201c\u2026 insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare\u201d of the American people. I see such compassion, in wanting to care for the people with whom we live, wanting to be more scrutinizing of those who come from terrorist-harboring countries.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the unpopular reality. Both of those above two motives are full of compassion. They simply prioritize which group of people to show the most perceived compassion to.<\/p>\n

Hence, it\u2019s inaccurate to chant \u201cwe\u2019ve got compassion \u2014 yes, we do\u201d while assuming another side has none. Yet sometimes we\u2019re so busy shouting and pointing fingers, that we make such careless assumptions.<\/p>\n

There is simply no logical place for the \u201cwe\u2019ve got more\u201d chants\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 even if that\u2019s what they all say.<\/p>\n

Respectfully\u2026
\nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a great cheer when I was in high school (and no, we will not discuss today how actual long ago that was). But I remember being somewhat enthralled with the \u201cwe\u2019ve got spirit \u2014 yes, we do\u201d line, to which the perceived opposing side took their turn chanting the same\u2026 \u201cWe\u2019ve got spirit … <\/p>\n

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