Everyone has one, ya know.
There’s so much talk about how this is happening, that is happening, this country is doing this, that government is doing that other thing to those people, yadata yadata ya. It’s ubiquitous in blog circles. This past weekend I got an email asking me why I didn’t talk more about the rotten sociopolitical situation in the Mediterranean, or the marginalizing of homosexuals who want to get married in the United States, or the presidential race, or the latest salvos in the separation-of-church-and-state disputes that are going on all over the place.
People. I have a section of my site where I discuss my personal opinions and convictions. It’s here. I don’t dissect or discuss the daily news. And you want to know why? I’d become a complete utter fucking miserable wreck in about 15 minutes. I’d start turning bitter and pissy. I’d start attacking others who didn’t hold the same viewpoint as myself. And, largely, because I can’t do a damn thing about any of it. I can’t do anything to directly affect the various and sundry problems going on in Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, or even in San Francisco California (which is just a few hours’; north of me.)
All that I can do is live my life as the type of person that I admire. Vote with my dollars and buy from companies whose overall conduct aligns with mine. Don’t waste copiously, stay involved in my communities, be a good human being to those with whom I come into direct contact.
Do not ask me to keep bleeding for people and situations that I can’t effect. And definitely don’t ask me to keep butting my head against the anger, hatred, and fear that runs rampant through everyone else. I can effect my friends, my associates, random people with whom I interact. I can’t change the opinions of the radical government in a country half a world away. Never mind the distance scenario. They don’t know who I am, they don’t care who I am, they just want to maintain their status quo. They won’t listen to my opinion any more than I would listen to their opinion about what I choose to wear on any given day.
You heard me. All those of you who think I’m chickenshit wimptastic socially lazy do-nothing bitchcunt who should be taken out and shot for not trying to convince everyone of the rightness of my opinion, you may leave now and find a site whose content is more to your liking. Please don’t come back, as the content of this site hasn’t been overtly sociopolitical in the several years’ of its existence and it’s not all that likely to change.
Or — hey. Here’s a thought. Go start your own site.
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