Guest Post by D.L. Bert

Evicted from the plane

            We are currently immersed in a society of uncertainty and confusion. Do lives mater? Is my life more important than your life or is your life more important than mine? Where do my freedoms end and your freedoms take precedent over mine? Today those who have no name but are perceived to be in charge (you know the “They” that always get credit for establishing rules) tell us we all must wear face mask when entering a public area.  Our politically correct friends tell us, “we must all do this in order to save everyone from the death which lingers just outside our door”. Our spiritual and moral leaders add, “We must comply with societal requests out of love for each other”.  So as a society we all march lock-step to a pandemic which might or might not be real. No one appears to be interested in the rights or feelings of those who have an equally strong opinion on the opposite side of the mask wearing debate. 

            An interesting occurrence happened July 19, to a passenger on an American Airlines flight. The Airline has taken a stand that masks are required yet this gentleman has a medical condition which precludes his wearing a mask. The flight attendants were informed and the man was seated. Then a self-righteous passenger raised an issue. The flight was delayed for more than a half hour while the situation was diffused. Eventually the pilot announced, “Should anyone feel uncomfortable with this situation they could leave the plane and the airline would ensure their inclusion on another flight with little or no delay in their reaching their destination”. No one left the plane. 

              

          Imagine, there was someone who only wished to travel from point A to point B and yet society had deemed that something about their appearance was uncomfortable or threatening. This person’s rights were on trial, the question being; are they second rate citizens because they don’t fit into societies’ box? Fortunately the event which happened in Montgomery in 1955, began to change society’s standards, let’s hope it doesn’t take 65 years to educate our nation to the current bout of prejudice. 

 

Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 1956.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rosa-Parks

         Did I mention that David Harris, like Rosa Parks was Black? On the same day, on the same airline, but a different city a white woman was evicted from the plane while all the other passengers cheered. Like Harris, she had reported a medical condition which prevented her from wearing a mask but she was white and Harris was black. Maybe what we have been told is true. 

In America today, Black Lives Do Matter. 

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