Category: Literary realism

How We Judge Deeds

Who Takes The Blame of Society? In this article we will have a non-biased conversation about key figures and how they were perceived by large portions of humanity. There was a time when I thought Martin Luther King set us backwards as African American people. When in fact it is the opposite. What he did for not only people that looked like him, but he brought about change that was better for all kind. He had to fight for justice. So, what makes me or anybody else think that we don’t also have a role to play in the balance of good and evil. One man can’t hold the troubles of society on his back forever.

Why Do We Think Like This

With that Martin didn’t do it alone but he led the cause. It is easier to feel like that one person with good intentions can save the world. Only this is not possible. Which is why I ask Who Takes The Blame of Society? Martin was blamed even long after his death for the continuing downfall of African American communities. While the entire world ignored all of the tactics deployed in making sure that African American people would not thrive as a community. Those tactics are to blame, not Martin or the freedom fighters. We ignore evil and blame the people with good intentions.

My belief in where this started is with the story of Jesus Christ. Now let me say this article is not what religion I subscribe to. Nor to talk negatively about any religion. In fact, I am here to say whether the story is true or not, it made an impact on the way society thinks as a whole. Society seems to believe that a person with good intentions should die or be tortured for the sins of all mankind. The villain goes about causing chaos and then we look to the decent and the good in society and blame them for every evil action being committed.

Blaming The Crucified

Why do we victim blame? It is easier to blame victims in situations. Especially when you know you can’t help them. The easiest way to deal with this in our hearts is to hate them. Now today figures like Martin Luther King and Jesus Christ are loved but we all know that was not the case when they were living. They were tortured and hung on a cross literally and figuratively.

Over and over again large portions of society have joined hand in hand to slay or torture the decent in the earth. When you try to do a good thing, it is never taken for the good it is. Most people see it and seek to find flaws in you. Which they always will, because having good intentions for society does not make you without sin. Which is why I ask society Who Takes The Blame of Society?

Do We Need Perfection To Do Good

Many times, the homeless are feeding the homeless. When a homeless person that also is an addict makes sure that the homeless person near him or her doesn’t miss a meal because they can’t stand knowing that another goes hungry. Does it make their good deed not real because they are an addict?

Or how about when they see a young person at risk of becoming an addict and they tell them no young brother or sister, that is not the way. Does it then make them fake because they stopped another human from taking the destructive path they once took. Or how about when they become clean from drugs can they not help another become clean because of their past? It is like finding fault in every good deed is just a way to stop people from wanting to do good.

Evil Is and Always Will Be The Problem

I used to think that being too nice, caused problems. When in fact being too evil has corrupted everything nice. No person is perfect and even if you were, people will still find fault or even create fault. Place the blame where it stems. Which is those with the power to crucify and torture the good and decent in the earth.

Remember that when George Floyd was murdered, people said it was okay because he was an addict. How long will we allow oppressors to justify their evil with an unjust scale? We stood up as one unit the whole world and agreed that it was wrong. Nonetheless, evil corrupted our good intentions. Saying o but he was an drug addict. So do we murder a man because he is an addict?

We also have developed a mindset that if a person seeks to do good, we are somehow owed a detailed description of their private life. This is a very toxic way of thinking. People come at celebrities all the time and think that it is okay to tear these people apart just because the person has a talent or appeared on tv. Is it their fault for the psychological and at times physical abuse their subjected to simply because they are known for being a great singer, actress, or etc. Or is it the people’s fault who harass and belittle them?

Having a talent does not make you perfect. People have become so entitled that they are willing to strip away your humanity and think it is okay to do so because you’re an idol. The poet by the name of (Doreen O’Neill) said it best when she asked the world “does my pain not matter?” Many people that receive attention for doing something good or for just having a talent can ask the same question.

The weight of evil in this world should not be placed on the shoulders of one or two good intentioned. It is every man, woman and child’s responsibility to bring more good back into the earth. Good intentioned hearts don’t deserve to be crucified to save mankind. It is all of our responsibility to bring good in the world. Most importantly you don’t have to be perfect to do it.