What happened to the days when you could agree to disagree? When you wanted to be in a room full of people with different opinions so that you could have an intellectual conversation and stimulate the growth of your mind? When everyone didn’t feel the need to say you’re wrong and fire you from their life because you thought differently?
Today, people get offended by everything. You can’t say anything without pissing someone off. I would imagine this has always been the case but no one ever spoke up about it. I’ve been surrounded by people with different views my whole life. Been a Democrat, a republican, only to realize I live in the gray. I can’t fit all of my ideals in to one box so I live outside of it. Since I have been on both sides, I see both points of view. I know the argument someone else will make before they even make it. I respect everyone’s opinion. Since we are all entitled to that— our opinion. I’ve researched so many theories, watched a lot of documentaries, spent hours listening to podcasts trying to form my own thesis as to why people want to get hypocritically offended by everything. It’s my belief that people now want to feel superior to others by rationalizing how their identity has somehow been marginalized or persecuted and in turn make people who are not in their marginalized group feel like they are the outcast. The majority wants to be the minority when the minority has fought so hard to be the majority. Let that sink in for a minute.
The easiest topic I can discuss to illustrate my point is regarding the past presidential election. Hilary or Trump. Personally, I don’t vote because I’m a libertarian and it makes no difference if I do. I won’t even go in to my conspiracy theory side of how all politics are bullshit. That’s for another post. But let’s imagine the electoral college and voting is real. The only people who actually “liked” Hilary were the elite celebrity supporters. None of the general public really liked either candidate. People liked Bernie but that’s getting pretty close to socialism. Plus, the Democratic Party pretty much ruined any chances of Bernie winning primary. According to the media, Trump is a mysogynistic racist. That’s the narrative they have played for us and are running with today.
So basically people hate both candidates 50/50. It was a lose/lose situation. But now every liberal is bashing everyone who supports Trump calling them racist bigots. Why?! People have lost friendships because of this election. I speak from experience because the only time one of my friends and I have argued is because I was supporting Trump. We are still friends but it was an awkward few minutes at the bar. Chances are, you have friends who voted for Trump. At this time I need to put in that cliche preface and say that I don’t agree with everything Trump says or does. Does he say stupid shit? Yes. Does he act like an idiot? Yes. Do I hate him? No, what’s the point.
Now let’s imagine for a minute Hilary won the election. I don’t think there’s any trump supporter that would’ve stopped being friends with someone because they voted for Hilary.
I think Liberals are actually happy that Trump was elected. Without him, they wouldn’t have anyone to complain about or make them feel like they have been marginalized and in turn, would not walk around having an attitude that they are superior to everyone else. They wouldn’t be able to shut people out and would be forced to listen to different points of view. Instead, they treat conservatives as if they are soldiers in Nazi Germany fighting for a nationalist nation. Like let’s relax guys. We still leave in America where we have freedom. We can walk outside of our home and not have to worry about being shot because of our religion.
People need to learn to have more empathy and understanding. Kanye came out this week and said he loves everyone including trump even though he doesn’t agree with everything he does because he doesn’t agree with everything anyone does. He is being crucified. Why is it a bad thing to be empathetic and want to understand other people’s points of views? What happened to the days we could have constructive dialogue? Without different opinions, we are never forced to use critical thinking and grow as a society. We can't have constructive debates because people get too emotional and take logic out of the equation. Who wants to live in a world where everyone thinks the same? Liberals, that's who. Didn’t Martin Luther King say the only way to drive out hate is by love? The only love people are giving is to themselves and without enough for the right of the aisle.
Segregation has returned in the form of a political ideals. We need to be surrounded by people who think differently. It’s like that saying—if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room. Well if you’re in a room full of people who all think like you, you’re still in the wrong room. So get the fuck out of the square room and think freely.
Today, people get offended by everything. You can’t say anything without pissing someone off. I would imagine this has always been the case but no one ever spoke up about it. I’ve been surrounded by people with different views my whole life. Been a Democrat, a republican, only to realize I live in the gray. I can’t fit all of my ideals in to one box so I live outside of it. Since I have been on both sides, I see both points of view. I know the argument someone else will make before they even make it. I respect everyone’s opinion. Since we are all entitled to that— our opinion. I’ve researched so many theories, watched a lot of documentaries, spent hours listening to podcasts trying to form my own thesis as to why people want to get hypocritically offended by everything. It’s my belief that people now want to feel superior to others by rationalizing how their identity has somehow been marginalized or persecuted and in turn make people who are not in their marginalized group feel like they are the outcast. The majority wants to be the minority when the minority has fought so hard to be the majority. Let that sink in for a minute.
The easiest topic I can discuss to illustrate my point is regarding the past presidential election. Hilary or Trump. Personally, I don’t vote because I’m a libertarian and it makes no difference if I do. I won’t even go in to my conspiracy theory side of how all politics are bullshit. That’s for another post. But let’s imagine the electoral college and voting is real. The only people who actually “liked” Hilary were the elite celebrity supporters. None of the general public really liked either candidate. People liked Bernie but that’s getting pretty close to socialism. Plus, the Democratic Party pretty much ruined any chances of Bernie winning primary. According to the media, Trump is a mysogynistic racist. That’s the narrative they have played for us and are running with today.
So basically people hate both candidates 50/50. It was a lose/lose situation. But now every liberal is bashing everyone who supports Trump calling them racist bigots. Why?! People have lost friendships because of this election. I speak from experience because the only time one of my friends and I have argued is because I was supporting Trump. We are still friends but it was an awkward few minutes at the bar. Chances are, you have friends who voted for Trump. At this time I need to put in that cliche preface and say that I don’t agree with everything Trump says or does. Does he say stupid shit? Yes. Does he act like an idiot? Yes. Do I hate him? No, what’s the point.
Now let’s imagine for a minute Hilary won the election. I don’t think there’s any trump supporter that would’ve stopped being friends with someone because they voted for Hilary.
I think Liberals are actually happy that Trump was elected. Without him, they wouldn’t have anyone to complain about or make them feel like they have been marginalized and in turn, would not walk around having an attitude that they are superior to everyone else. They wouldn’t be able to shut people out and would be forced to listen to different points of view. Instead, they treat conservatives as if they are soldiers in Nazi Germany fighting for a nationalist nation. Like let’s relax guys. We still leave in America where we have freedom. We can walk outside of our home and not have to worry about being shot because of our religion.
People need to learn to have more empathy and understanding. Kanye came out this week and said he loves everyone including trump even though he doesn’t agree with everything he does because he doesn’t agree with everything anyone does. He is being crucified. Why is it a bad thing to be empathetic and want to understand other people’s points of views? What happened to the days we could have constructive dialogue? Without different opinions, we are never forced to use critical thinking and grow as a society. We can't have constructive debates because people get too emotional and take logic out of the equation. Who wants to live in a world where everyone thinks the same? Liberals, that's who. Didn’t Martin Luther King say the only way to drive out hate is by love? The only love people are giving is to themselves and without enough for the right of the aisle.
Segregation has returned in the form of a political ideals. We need to be surrounded by people who think differently. It’s like that saying—if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room. Well if you’re in a room full of people who all think like you, you’re still in the wrong room. So get the fuck out of the square room and think freely.
Make *everyone* think again!
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