“America is the Greatest Country in the World” says Patriotic Woman, “But We have More Problems Here
“Aint no country in the world better,” says Gladys Robinson, 67, of Mobile, Alabama, “But I tell you: we got more problems here than any other country in the world.”
Gladys Robinson is a retired woman who lives with her husband in their small Mobile, Alabama home. According to Robinson, “I’d been watching the news these past few months, and I just had to say something.”
Robinson claims to love her country more than any man, woman, or child in the world, and feels strongly that the United States is the best at everything. “Them Chinese aint got nothing on us,” she says, “England, Germany, France, and even Paris: none of those countries got a thing on us. But I’ll tell you what: we got more problems here than any other country in the world.”
When asked to express what she believed some of those problems are, Robinson said, “Well first of all, young people these days aint go no morals no more. If they’re our future, then America might not be the greatest country in the world in 20 years. And then there’s homosexuals and colored people who think they’re all better than everyone else.”
Robinson seemed deeply disturbed by the recent rise of the, “Black Lives Matter,” movement, and expressed her opinions of it.
“All they want to do is draw attention to themselves,” said Robinson. “They want us to notice them so we'll make changes for them. I don’t like it. If you want to change something, you got to do it yourselves. Police only shooting them because they’re criminals. I aint no racist, but the police have good reason to shoot first and ask questions later with them.”
Mrs. Robinson went on to say that she is equally disturbed by the way society now looks at members of the LGTBQ community as normal.
“The bible says it’s sin,” explained Robinson, “But people around here aint got no morals no more. We might forget who Jesus is in fifty years.”
When asked what she was going to do to try and change what she felt was wrong with the country, Mrs. Robinson expressed that she liked to go down to the Community Center and discuss the issues with her friends.
“The more people know, the more likely someone will come along and change things,” she said.
The tension in the United States of America is undeniable at the present. One can only hope that we can put our differences aside and respect one another as equals in the very near future.
