Reposting this because we all need something encouraging about how the world sees America right now
I was just reading the thread about people being embarrassed for America and how we appear to the rest of the world, and remembered this from the airport protests:
An Iraqi's feelings on the protests in America goes viral—this is what Americans are fighting for:
The protests and marches, the phone calls and visits to elected officials’ offices, are sometimes motivated by anger and frustration but always filled with one underlying fundamental truth—we love our country and what our country is supposed to be. Our country is a place where even fascistic-minded jerks can live freely, as long as they don’t hurt others. With our new orange-regime spewing out bile-filled foreign policy notices around the world, the resistance to neo-American fascism and white supremacy has gone into high gear—women’s marches have emboldened the airport protests and so on. It is not only the citizens and elected officials within the United States that have taken notice, millions—if not billions— around the world are watching what is happening in North America. TechCrunch senior editor John Shieber tweeted out something from a friend of his who works for the UN in Iraq:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/2/1629034/-An-Iraqi-s-feelings-on-the-protests-in-America-goes-viral-this-is-what-Americans-are-fighting-for
And this:
The story behind the viral photo of Muslim and Jewish children protesting at O'Hare
A Muslim and a Jewish father had never met before bringing their children to O'Hare International Airport Monday to join in a protest of President Donald Trump's immigration ban. But after a photograph showing their son and daughter interacting went viral, they decided to bring their families together next week for dinner to celebrate peace.
As of midday Tuesday, the photograph taken by Chicago Tribune photographer Nuccio DiNuzzo and shared on Twitter by @ChiTribPhoto had been retweeted by other Twitter users more than 16,000 times. The two fathers said they have fielded calls from friends, acquaintances and national news outlets wanting to hear their story.
"It all happened pretty quickly," said Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell, of Deerfield, who lifted his 9-year-old son, Adin, onto his shoulders Monday night when the boy asked for a better view of the crowd there to protest Trump's executive order that freezes entry of all refugees for 120 days and blocks entry for 90 days of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
At about the same time, Fatih Yildirim had lifted his 7-year-old daughter, Meryem, onto his shoulders because she was getting tired of standing.
Adin was wearing his kippah, or yarmulke, while holding a sign that read "Hate has no home here." Meryem wore her black hijab while holding a sign that said "Love."
More- read it! It will make you feel good - promise:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jewish-muslim-fathers-viral-photo-met-20170131-story.html
I couldn't get the photo to post. If someone else can, please post in a reply.
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