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*sigh*
I'm still not quite sure how I feel right now.
I feel like the disappointed parent who had so much hope in my child that had so much potential, who just called from jail to say he'd just been brought in for public intoxication and destruction of property. And everyone else has just said 'heh, he's just a kid, he'll grow out of it.'
I think that's the harshest emotion of mine right now. Maybe I was too optimistic. Yeah, I'm pretty sure we're seeing the death throes of all the bullshit our country has gone through over the last few decades. I don't necessarily bemoan conservatism, far from it. I just can't accept rigid, narrow-minded conservatism that reeks of greed and lack of empathy. The same with Libertarianism. You're not subscribing to a belief system; you're essentially putting a nice fancy dress suit on being a huge fucking asshole.
I'm a white male with a reasonably safe job. Apparently I'll probably survive just fine. I'm fearing for my family and friends, who might get royally screwed by whoever The Fuckwit has running the country for him (because let's face it, he's not going to do jack fucking shit either way). I'm fearing for those who are trying to just live.
No, I'm not restarting the More Political Tripe tag. No, I'm not going to blog about the injustices in the world. Again: that's already out there, getting a lot more visibility than any of my blogs put together. And they're probably doing it more eloquently than I ever could. And if I have to take a stand, I want to do more than say "this is happening" or "yeah, what they said". I want to turn to the accusers and confront them. I want to find an answer.
I'm still not quite sure how I feel right now.
I feel like the disappointed parent who had so much hope in my child that had so much potential, who just called from jail to say he'd just been brought in for public intoxication and destruction of property. And everyone else has just said 'heh, he's just a kid, he'll grow out of it.'
I think that's the harshest emotion of mine right now. Maybe I was too optimistic. Yeah, I'm pretty sure we're seeing the death throes of all the bullshit our country has gone through over the last few decades. I don't necessarily bemoan conservatism, far from it. I just can't accept rigid, narrow-minded conservatism that reeks of greed and lack of empathy. The same with Libertarianism. You're not subscribing to a belief system; you're essentially putting a nice fancy dress suit on being a huge fucking asshole.
I'm a white male with a reasonably safe job. Apparently I'll probably survive just fine. I'm fearing for my family and friends, who might get royally screwed by whoever The Fuckwit has running the country for him (because let's face it, he's not going to do jack fucking shit either way). I'm fearing for those who are trying to just live.
No, I'm not restarting the More Political Tripe tag. No, I'm not going to blog about the injustices in the world. Again: that's already out there, getting a lot more visibility than any of my blogs put together. And they're probably doing it more eloquently than I ever could. And if I have to take a stand, I want to do more than say "this is happening" or "yeah, what they said". I want to turn to the accusers and confront them. I want to find an answer.
