Hugs Solve Everything. 

©T.B. Cooper

This, Right here... is MORE powerful in breaking down walls of fear, anger & hatred, than any other movement out there.

This is the answer to:‪ #‎BlackLivesMatter‬ vs. ‪#‎BlueLivesMatter‬ vs. ‪#‎AllLivesMatter‬ etc.

THIS is how you make a change.

You spread the love, not the Hate.
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Hug & Love one another. Quit insisting on division.

Just Remember: It was called The "Civil War" not the "Free the Blacks War" & It was called the "Civil Rights Movement," not the "Black Rights Movement."

This is a CIVIL problem, not just a Black problem.
There're cops killing blacks, blacks killing cops, Muslims being hunted, gays getting shot...

To focus on one group as the victim encourages the divide. When you create a label for a group that is exclusively one color, one creed, one sexuality etc., you give the less educated/more fearful people a cause to fight behind, and those that oppose and are just as ignorant & hateful, a cause to fight against. No matter how good the intention, someone will come along to pervert your Cause's message by twisting it to accommodate & support their own agenda. Once someone uses your cause for their own agenda of violence, your argument no longer is valid. All of a sudden an innocent plea to bring attention to a prejudice based slaughter of a people gives others who's racism runs deep a cause to kill other innocents as an example of retaliation... when really it proves nothing.
This concept applies to ALL HATE CRIMES.

Violence begets violence.

UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. This is a truth we've ALL known & heard forever... You add labels to you and YOUR people, you separate yourself from everyone else. YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING. PERIOD. You deserve to marry who you love, walk down the street unharassed, carry a legal weapon without losing your life, pray to whatever God you want, not worry about where your next meal is coming from, not worry about being abused and/or victimized, and know where you will safely lay your head down tonight...
AS DO I & EVERYONE ELSE.
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THIS GUY IS AWESOME.
He understands, do you?

​Photo Credit: Ray Morris1 via happyologist.co.uk

​For more information on Why Hugs are so special and healing, check out this blog that is all about happiness, and especially this specific post about the benefits and healing powers of a HUG. (If the link does not work, copy and paste it (just the main part after "uk/") to your browser, then go to the blog and look under "fun."  https://happyologist.co.uk/fun/the-shocking-truth-behind-hugs

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