Maybe I've been quiet for too long.
Maybe I'm too old.
Maybe I'm too intelligent for my own good.
Maybe I wasn't raised by Neanderthals.
Or maybe it's none of that.
But one thing I do know for sure, I'm tired of the way people are now.
Everyone is so snap judgmental, have to be first to condemn or praise something.
You don't even have to know WHY, you just have to comment.
Even if, no, especially if they don't have all the information.
This Social Media age is all about trying to get attention more than trying to be good people.
You see a story, it makes you react, you and 50,000 others repost it in your indignation or approval.
Two hours or days later that initial post is proven to be incorrect, either partially or completely.
NO ONE notices or shares that.
Because you can NEVER be seen to be WRONG.
Heaven forfend.
People will believe ANYTHING theses days. I saw someone post something online that was completely false, and I knew it because it happened to fall into an area I have done a lot of studying.
I mentioned it to the person who posted it and was told "It doesn't matter because I like it".
(It was aviation related)
And that's society today. Facts don't matter.
Truth is........lost.
All I am asking you to do is think.
That's all. Stop, be human, think.
Think about how you would feel if someone acted to YOU as you are acting to others.
And the worst part about no one ever thinking for themselves any more?
It's all black or white now. There are no gray areas.
You're either with me or you're against me, seems to be the way people live their lives now.
Well guess what.
That's not how life ACTUALLY IS.
Just because you didn't get that promotion and someone else did doesn't mean your boss hates your or is prejudiced against you and whatever group you are a part of.
Maybe you're just not as good at your job as the person that GOT the promotion.
Today it's all witch hunts and Cancel Culture.
How about, before you start blaming anyone else, ypu take a good look at yourself.
Are you perfect?
Of course you're not. No one is.
I'm FAR from it, but at least I don't try to go around starting fights with everyone, telling people you should stop talking to someone because they don't agree with you, or calling you names because you don't have the same viewpoint I do.
NEWS FLASH MOTHERFUCKERS.........
NO ONE HAS THE SAME VIEWPOINT AS YOU.
We are all individuals, we all have had different experiences in our lives, we have different levels of education, different interests, different jobs, are different ages, AND ALL OF THAT IMPACTS OUR VIEWPOINTS.
All I am asking you to do is think.
That's all. Stop, be human, think.
Think about how you would feel if someone acted to YOU as you are acting to others.
This isn't a post directed at anyone in specific but at our society as I have seen it unfold online in general.
But, if you THINK I'm talking about you......Go back up 4 lines and reread that little area.
And if you suddenly think you're perfect.....then you actually ARE the problem.
If that offends you, I'm not surprised, that seems to be the reaction de jour to everything these days.
I like surrounding myself with open minded people, people who can look at multiple sides of WHATEVER IT IS and have an actually discussion about it.
Those are the people I choose to be my friends.
And that's something else....not everyone is your friend. And that's ok.
I think actually friendship has been lost somewhere along the way. But that's another post entirely.
*this one, in fact: https://valdersmusings.blogspot.com/2011/03/friendship.html
All I'm trying to say here is, if you can't be civil, and if popularity is the main thing driving your opinion, get thee away from me.
I know it's hard, but try to be better.
Try to think about what you are saying.
"Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house"
And just try, try, to see someone else's viewpoints before you decide you're suddenly better than they are.
We need less division and hatred in this day and age, with everything going on.....but there seems to just be more, always building.
Try to do your part to lessen it, to prove you're the type of good person you yell at others that you are.
All I am asking you to do is think.
That's all. Stop, be human, think.
Think about how you would feel if someone acted to YOU as you are acting to others.
Let's stop letting this be about popularity and snap judgements and try, maybe, for positivity and intelligence?
I'm not saying you should love EVERYONE either, but.....try to understand them.
*Steps off soapbox*
