You’re all acting like 12 year olds. No, not you. You
either. Individually, it seems that all of us realize that something is wrong
with the American public. Yet, as pigs to the slaughter, we run each other over
not realizing everyone is heading for the axe.
The God believers, the atheist-scientists, the LGBT
community, and the US government are all herding each other towards imminent
destruction. Why? So that one group can, finally, prove that they were right
all along? For superiority? To sing and dance in the street (cause generally
you can do that anyway, I’ve done it)?
There is a lot of flap going around that the US
government is using the stereotypes, fears, and economic failure to keep the
current generations upset and less concerned with what the government may be
doing behind closed doors. If that’s the case, then there is little surprise as
to why these other three groups are fighting. If it isn’t the case, well, the
US government isn’t helping things resolve, either.
Living in this modern world, as an adult and parent,
feels a bit like this: I have to be the epitome of adult-ness, i.e. pay taxes,
work, follow the law, follow every new politically correct term presented so I
don’t offend anybody, raise kids, ‘fess up to my mistakes, and generally go to
extreme lengths to make everyone else happy.
In the meantime, I’m pandering to assholes like you who are still adults but, because you’re a serious member of one of these four groups, get to act like a fucking 12 year old kid.
I realize that you are passionate about your beliefs.
That’s fine, I’m passionate about mine too. I also understand that, to some
effect, some beliefs are rather ridiculous when thinking about them from a
logical standpoint. That’s also fine, to a point. It’s long been held that new
ideas push a civilization forward. It helps us mold the world, make it better,
make it…livable.
But pure, unfettered resistance to the old guard doesn’t
produce a better world, it makes it volatile. So does sardonically holding onto
old beliefs without room for new ideas.
Let me put it to you this way:
Two kids are playing kickball on the playground. Bobby
believes in God, Gus is an atheist.
Suddenly, Gus tells Bobby he’s
an idiot for believing in an “Invisible Man.”
How is Bobby going to react? Peacefully? Would you? Not
if you have any pride in yourself, or in your beliefs. Let’s turn it around:
Bobby tells Gus that, no matter what kind of proof he has
to the contrary, the world is only 6,000 years old.
How is Gus going to react? How would YOU react? If Gus
has at least two scientific conclusions stating otherwise, he’s probably going
to call Bobby an idiot for believing in the “Invisible Man.”
And the schoolyard fight begins.
Both boys being backed
by several people holding the same beliefs as they do, opposite those whom hold
separate beliefs. How long can the argument stay grounded when the ripples of
like-minded people extends beyond the playground, beyond the school, beyond the
city, state, and country? How long before fists start flying and flaying words
are used to cut the other person, not to prove anything other than one is
better at insulting than the other?
That’s where we are at, you 12 year old bastards.
Cat-fighting like pre-teenage girls instead of the adults you purport to be.
You’re not even trying to make the world better anymore. You just want to be right. How much energy have you wasted
arguing with someone over matters of the past when you could PUT THAT SHIT
ASIDE and work together to make today, and tomorrow, better for everyone?
