07-20-2018, 12:00 AM
We're all on this sinking ship trying to stop it from sinking. Except some people are racists and don't want to work with people who were born a different shade from them. Others don't want to help women because women are evil. Some whine about the paint chipping and ignore the cannon sized holes in the side of the ship. The ship is a hot mess. People are patching it, but it's complicated. The people make it complicated. If people would work together and mend the ship, maybe we don't have to blame the other side for why we're all eventually shipless. Instead, we could be on a functional ship thanking one another for their assistance. I don't know. That seems like a far out fantasy story. A fairytale even.
But no. Instead of saving ourselves, let's argue over who's at fault. Because that's inevitably what us humans wind up doing anyway.
I still don't understand politics. Red vs blue vs gray. I get that they're factions. I just don't get why that's such a big deal. Again. I like both red, blue, and gray. Why do I have to choose a side? Why can't I pick them all. They each have great ideas. One color may not wash their butt but hey, I bet they have some killer vegetarian recipes.
Building tolerance in society is difficult when we're still punishing people for not fitting into our box. Because somehow our box is the bestest and most righteous and everyone else is wrong. Infidels!
Mass ignorance is seen in religion too. My God is real, yours isn't, so I'm right, you're wrong and going to hell. You believe in your imaginary friend in a different way than me so that makes me right and you wrong.
This obsession for telling people they're wrong, is wrong!
*giggles*
I'm exhausted by my own species. I wish I was a mermaid. In which case I wouldn't require a ship at all.
But no. Instead of saving ourselves, let's argue over who's at fault. Because that's inevitably what us humans wind up doing anyway.
I still don't understand politics. Red vs blue vs gray. I get that they're factions. I just don't get why that's such a big deal. Again. I like both red, blue, and gray. Why do I have to choose a side? Why can't I pick them all. They each have great ideas. One color may not wash their butt but hey, I bet they have some killer vegetarian recipes.
Building tolerance in society is difficult when we're still punishing people for not fitting into our box. Because somehow our box is the bestest and most righteous and everyone else is wrong. Infidels!
Mass ignorance is seen in religion too. My God is real, yours isn't, so I'm right, you're wrong and going to hell. You believe in your imaginary friend in a different way than me so that makes me right and you wrong.
This obsession for telling people they're wrong, is wrong!
*giggles*
I'm exhausted by my own species. I wish I was a mermaid. In which case I wouldn't require a ship at all.