The Daily Feather — No Fussing, No Fighting

“They don’t want to see us unite,

All they want us to do is keep on fussing and fighting.

They don’t want to see us live together,

All they want us to do is keep on killing one another.”

Robert Nesta Marley

Thank heavens the Reggae legend spoke solely of another time and place. The United States is a place of accord, not division. And the mainstream media is not intent on fomenting civil war, but rather harmony. As dripping with sarcasm as I write, it’s a true blessing to have my teenagers asking me if I’ve heard “One Love” as they blare it in the car when they’re wonderfully home to visit from Indiana. Speaking as a mother, I couldn’t care less that Rotten Tomatoes gave it all of 44%. Screw the self-important critics. The audience has spoken, giving it a thumping 94% approval. Fittingly, the midweek debut, on Valentine’s Day, the occasion the world recognizes the love Marley so embodied, was one for the record books, with the box office chiming in at a romantic $14 million. I hope you and your children watch a movie that’s about one man’s journey to overcome adversity through peaceful means.

By the looks of Thursday’s data deluge, U.S. households are becoming increasingly susceptible to being recruited to wage anything but a peaceful resolution to the establishment’s war on equality. The mounting stress is beyond anomalous.