Thomas Paine Ideals

The ideals of a nation with peace are built around justice-regardless of race, gender, and religion. It is built around the ideals of freedom--regardless of race, gender, and religion. They are built around liberty--regardless of race, gender, and religion. If any governing powers are able to grant such ideals and implement them into society, it is a prosperous nation. The reason America fought for independence from the British was because of the abuse and inability to adhere to these basic principles. The new settlers saw what their government was and made a new government in which they implemented justice, freedom, and liberty. Among those who saw visions of this new prosperous nation was Thomas Paine. Paine was an intellectual revolutionary, who immensely supported the American Revolution. Born in in England he saw the
So is there really justice in America? Perhaps for the Majority, however, when it comes to the minority groups, not a week goes by where another incident occurs. A government hands some of its authority to people who are meant to keep us safe. The abuse of that power is exponentially increasing. We continue to see law enforcement use lethal methods to in non lethal situations such as the recent incident In Charlotte. Keith Lamont Scott, father of 3, was stopped on his way home and surrounded by police, When asked to exit his car, Scott calmly exited and obeyed the officer's commands. Still, the officers felt threatened and shot Scott dead. Paine says that our government is just. But when an African American girl stands up and cries in fear and terror, that she may be among another one of those wrongly deceased, it becomes quite obvious that we are facing a problem. The job of the police is to protect against any fears that citizens may face. But when authorities themselves are inflicting fear within others it is not