By eve.writes on Skatehive
I was born in the late 70s. In school it was literally in the curriculum to teach us not to litter, don't drink and do drugs, love thy neighbor, respect others, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, plant trees, if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say anything at all, don't have sex until you're married, read a book, and above all, to fight for what's right. But I don't know when, why or how, all of that went out the window. I've lived by the Golden Rule since I was a kid, but for the first time in my life, I feel alienated for practicing them because I seem like the only one doing them. I don't know when being a good person, giving honest effort to do the right thing became a crime. Now when I look at most Americans, I see the most vile, hateful, attention-seeking and ignorant people I've ever seen and the best of us who put their lives on the line to fight for good, being treated like they stole something or even worse, as terrorists, as our government is