My daughter attends a high school here locally and today they did a rally for Martin Luther King day.

To her surprise it was not what she expected it to be.  Here is her account:

It’s a sad day when any given student feels suppressed during an assembly about expression your rights. It’s a sad day when any given student looks around to her peers and wonders what exactly is wrong with her for not feeling the same. It’s a sad day when any given student gets angry about the suppression of her own opinion.

Today at my school was the Martin Luther King Jr. Day assembly. I sat down with my friends, prepared for an assembly discussing civil rights, the past, and what we can keep doing to avoid going back. I was prepared to shake my head at the lack of knowledge that racism wasn’t just black, but anyone else.

What I got was something completely uncalled for and left me flabbergasted.

I have always been someone who felt that the United States, while powerful, was full of naïve people who forget about the world outside the borders through their materialistic views. I have always accepted that I am lucky enough to live in a country where help is given where it’s needed, and where lies and manipulation are an outstanding foundation for government. One of my beliefs that I’ve held fast has been that the United States needs to finish what we started, and then focus on stabilizing ourselves. We’ve given much, now we need to stabilize our home. Pay off debts, cool down liberal versus conservative arguments, focus on maintaining social security and get our military the credit it deserves for keeping us so safe and secure.

One of my thoughts, whenever I watch a candidate or politician attempt to debase our military, is that “You wouldn’t be so safe and secure without that military keeping us safe.” The reason the U.S. is so secure is because we are one of, if not the, largest power in the world.