Today on this #MammothMonday, I want to spotlight the company Goya. I am not doing so because they may or may not be aligned with the current administration, I am spotlighting them as a great American company.
As most of you may have heard, the CEO of Goya refuses to apologize for remarks that he has made which have been seen as being a supporter of the current administration. To that I say, good for him. I am not saying this because I too am aligned with his thinking, rather, I am saying this because we still live in America. We are entitled to have our opinions and we are entitled to speak our minds. The problem though is that somewhere along the way, it was decided that some people are not only NOT allowed their own opinion, those people need to be crucified, humiliated, destroyed, bankrupted, rioted against and demeaned. When did this happen? When did we have to start making the choice of our safety over our opinion? When did rioting become synonymous with protesting? When did we change from America to a free for all, kill or be killed, survival of the meanest society?
Boycotting Goya is like tying your moms ventilator tube into a knot because it is too long. Guess what will happen? I used your mom as an example because a mom signifies the caregiver of the family. The one who feeds and nurtures the ones she loves. Goya is an American company who employs thousands upon thousands of American people. They have also fed and donated over a million pounds of food to food banks in order to feed those suffering from hunger. THEY DID NOT ask if the hungry were democrats or republicans, they asked, what do you need?
What is wrong with people? There is no way that this great country of ours is filled with such an abundance of thin skinned evil people that the opposing side must be destroyed. We are founded on the fact that We the people can come together and share ideas and ideals. We the people have mastered negotiating skills and have created a powerhouse of a nation. It is our abilities to share thoughts and ideas and together create greatness like advancements in surgery and medicines and arts and construction and the list goes on. You can not have only one thought process in the world. I believe that is called a dictatorship to name but one.
Oppression is WRONG in everything. There is rioting and destruction happening on both sides of the aisle and both sides are wrong for it. Everyone who tries to oppress the other is guilty of doing exactly what they profess against their own cause. It is exactly the same thing.
The same goes with the law. If your son gets arrested for robbing a grocery store and you get mad at the arresting cop and not your son, you are part of the problem. I am just speaking in general terms. I am not speaking about some bad apples that have rotted the entire bunch. If you can not see the wrong doing, you are creating the problem.
Our sense of right and wrong has seemed to disappear leaving behind a culture of you against me, him against her, color against color, religion against religion. We are about diversity. That is what has made this nation great.
This is America! You are allowed to be different. You are allowed to voice your opinions freely. You are allowed to do just about anything you want (legally speaking). What you are not allowed to do is crucify those who want to do the same. If you feel that every thought and every opinion that you have is the be all and end all then, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.
America is a collaborative effort, be part of the solution, not the problem. Here is a jump start, why don’t you enjoy some delicious Goya black beans tonight? Maybe as a side dish or a soup or even in a salad. Here is a link to see some of the delicious Goya products that you will definitely enjoy >>> https://amzn.to/32bO4Ty
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