The way I see Liberia

Another April month came by and rolled away into oblivion and one recognized date and event that Liberians reflected on with anecdotal thoughts with a wide spectrum of disdained and deep-seated hatred was that of the April 12, 1980 coup d'état. In all spheres of life, diversity and differences prevail and Liberians are not lacking in that department and have expressed their pros and cons on the issue of the incidence of the April 12, 1980 coup d'état. After some 27 years of the coup, the nation and its people have not come together to discuss and scrutinize the cause, the effect and the reason for the coup, neither have the people of this our one beloved nation come to a head and agreed on any issue with any close proximity percentage gap.

Why are there so much hatred and diversity amongst Liberians in all their thoughts, their words and their deeds, why? There is nothing wrong with diversity but the disparity of the scale of our differences is so grave that it could be compared to night and day. There are so many schools of thought of the coup, but the two that seemed to have flourished are; that the coup was the single greatest occurrence in the history of Liberia, and that the coup was the worst act of human frailty in the history of the country Liberia and its people. Those who supported the coup subscribed to the glorification and deification of the coup leaders and welcomed the celebration of the immediate aftermath of the coup, because they believed the coup brought an end to the rule of an elite group of people who were also corrupt. Supporters of the coup are still engaged in name-calling of individuals; even the dead are not spared, where the victims are vilified and denigrated to the lowest ebb of humanity.

From where I sit, I do not see our beloved county Liberia picking up the pieces from its present state to any state of greatness. The diversity of indifference is so vast for any consensus to be reached for the total development of Liberia. We hate each other with passion and we believe within ourselves that a common ground may never be reached for the advancement of Liberia. We are our own enemies and do not hesitate to take up arms amongst ourselves. I am afraid to say, but the picture is still bleak after all what we have gone through as a people and as a country. For me, the glass is still half empty and the state at which the people of Liberia will arrive at, that I will honestly and emphatically express the glass to be half full is still far from reality. If we as a people do not change our ways and eat in one calabash, we will be doomed as a people and as a nation and the act of not changing will be an abomination to civilization and Liberia will remain a country divided.