Overlooked
I’ve
been asked why I regularly write about: the Disabled, the Holocaust, the
Military, Ukraine, Homosexuals, Veterans and Animals
I
believe in keeping awareness up on those that otherwise would be forgotten.
The
Disabled have always
been kept hidden away from Society. From the 1800s-1974 there were “Ugly Laws”
around the United States and around the World. People didn’t want to see anyone
not like them and so they were kept in horrible conditions in basements and
Institutions where they were abused.
Not
only were the Disabled hidden away, but they were Forcibly Sterilized in Canada
(from 1803-1982), in China (from 1978-Present), in Czechoslovakia (from
1973-1989), in Denmark (from 1936-1976), in Nazi Germany (from 1933-1945), in
East Germany (from 1945-1990), in Japan (from 1907-1996), in Peru (from the
1920s-1998), in Sweden (from 1934-1976) and in the United States (from
1883-1978.)
Nazi
Germany also murdered the Disabled by Gas or Lethal Injunction. 300,000
Disabled People were murdered between 1939 and 1945 in the Aktion T4 Program.
Even
today, the Disabled seem to be protected by Local, Regional and Federal Laws,
but in reality the Disabled continue to be kept as Second-Class Citizens (they
are allowed to be paid below Minimum Wage in many Places for the same work that
the Non-Disabled do.)
Ordinary
People tend to keep away from the Disabled when they do see them rather than
interacting with them.
Homosexuals have been used as Scapegoats by
different Countries and Politicians for Decades.
The
Nazis arrested 100,000 Homosexuals between 1933-1945 and sent 9,000 to
Concentration and Death Camps where they were forced to wear a Pink Triangle
and were subjected to cruel and inhumane punishments including Medical
Experiments (like Castration.)
The
rest were kept in regular Prisons.
Even
when World War 2 ended in 1945 the Allies (Soviets, French, British and
Americans) didn’t consider the Homosexuals as Political Prisoners of the Nazis
and sent most from the liberated Concentration and Death Camps right into
German Prisons.
In
West Germany in 1959 alone 3,530 Homosexuals were convicted and sent to prison
(44 were sent to prison in 1994 in United Germany – the year Paragraph 175 was
repealed.)
From
1947-1977 the United States Government used the German Law Paragraph 175 (1871
to 1994) to discriminate against American Homosexuals.
10,000
Federal Employees were fired
From
1940 – 2010: 100,000 Soldiers were kicked out of the US Military for being
Homosexual.
There
is currently a new Lavender Scare causing Unnecessary Mass Moral Panic across
the United States (the same way it did in the 1940s-1970s.)
Currently,
the US States of Alabama, Texas and Florida have Official Anti-Homosexual Laws.
Many
other US States are also looking into creating their own Anti-Homosexual Laws.
The
US Federal Government is also looking into doing away with Gay Marriage and
many other Federal Homosexual Protections.
The Holocaust seems to get a lot of coverage
everywhere, but when you look at the facts (85% of Americans were found to be
Anti-Semitic in 2023 with similar numbers across the World) then you see that
after 78 years little has changed.
6
Million Jewish Men, Women and Children were murdered by the Germans and their
Collaborators from 1933-1945.
11
Million Non-Jewish Men, Women and Children were murdered by the Germans and
their Collaborators from 1933-1945.
20
Million Jewish and Non-Jewish Men, Women and Children were imprisoned in German
Concentration Camps, Labor Camps and Death Camps from 1933-1945.
Holocaust
Denial may be illegal in many places today, but Holocaust Admiring (People who
believe the Germans didn’t do enough and want to “finish the job”) grows every
year with violent attacks on Jews in the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, Spain,
Poland, Russia, etc.
The Military and Veterans seem to get a lot of coverage
everywhere, but when you look at the facts you see it isn’t.
A Poll conducted in 1973 (when the US Military
Draft ended) found that 84% of every American either served or knew a Loved One
that served in the US Military.
A
Poll conducted in 2019 found that 0.01% of every American either served or knew
a Loved One that served in the US Military.
With
less than 1% of all Americans serving or knowing a Loved One who is serving in
the US Military little to no attention is really paid to what the Soldiers and
the Veterans are going through. A lot of people post or say things like “Thank
You for your service” and give no other thought to the Homeless, Disabled and
Hungry Veterans or the Soldiers away from their Families.
Ukraine seems to be everywhere, but other than
getting a few “likes” and many “Slava Ukraines” not much is being done by the
General Population to help end Russia’s Genocide against Ukrainian Men, Women
and Children. Putin is using the same excuses and methods against the
Ukrainians that Hitler used.
Every
Man, Woman and Child around the World that doesn’t side with Ukraine and do
everything they can to help them defeat the Russians is just as guilty of the
War Crimes being committed there as the Russians are themselves.
Abused,
Abandoned and Hurt Animals
seem to be posted everywhere (on TV, Social Media, etc.) but other than feeling
sorry for what they see many people simply ignore what is going on. Animals,
especially Pets, are seen as “Property” in many places so you can do whatever
you want to them. Pets need to be protected as the loving and living creatures
they are.
Ever
since I was little my Mom told me one phrase over and over again: “Do Good.”
She
showed me (through her words and actions) to stand-up to Anti-Semitism when I
was in 5th Grade in Germany, to help Veterans, Soldiers and Military Families,
to care for Animals and shortly before she passed in 2014 she told me to do
what I could to help the Ukrainians after the Russians invaded and occupied
Crimea – she went with me to Kyiv, Ukraine in November 2007.
That
is why I always write and will continue to write about these often over-looked
People and Animals.
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