I kind of feel like we are on a long, slow heading to enforced Communism by one side.
I am going to make some unpopular statements next. I read that Manifesto by the whatever his name dude, and I really think that it was a horrible, but informative work. Throwing down the government "from within" is throwing down NOTHING merely replacing it with your own version.
I think it may be time soon, to "throw down the government" in a more active way, and start over.
I thought (some) hippies were cool, but I've actually found that many of them were self-centered, obnoxious (censored).
I'm racist at times. So are YOU (to whomever is reading this). For example, I'm NOT racist to the H'mong people because I did a really long research paper on them in SW school. I bet you anything BEFORE that paper, I may have been racist out of ignorance. Sometimes I am "racist" for giggles, and by that, I mean that throwing down an outrageous comment or two here and there (sometimes to get a reaction) can be amusing. Most of the time when I'm racist, it may be ignorance or unthinkingness. I also don't care if ANYONE calls me honky or any other racist name. Racism is also a shifting target (along with all the other --isms") and most people are, from time to time. The people who are the least racist, can acknowledge that fact (in fact) and not freak out for days/months/etc. In fact the husband and I joke quite a bit about Appalachia (he's from there) and even have NAMES for each other when in the coal miner way. Mine is "Sallie Mae" his is "Scooter." We don't hate that area, those people etc. We just joke about it. It's fun.
I don't care for the term cisgender. I'm not oppressing ANY alphabet people and I don't plan to, so they should be thankful I have a working vagina capable of outputting "alphabets" because if you are going to transition, well, remember your "new" vagina may make you feel better, but it's not FUNCTIONAL, so maybe freeze some sperm. That, or don't run around like your PARENT and society at large are OPPRESSING you because your parents (and *I*) DEFINITELY didn't decide what your genitalia should be, and your parents (and I) feel BAD that you have to go through all that stuff, we aren't your CULTURAL OPPRESSORS. I say let an alphabet person do WHAT they want (including transitioning) on their own time, at their own cost, and etc.
So, don't treat me like I'm the cotton plantation owner. I'm not. I do not OWN your (incorrect) genitalia nor did I produce it .Knock it off with the "cisgender." I am FEMALE, and I actually DON'T care if you just used the term "female' yourself, heck, even if you DON'T transition, often a wise choice. I really don't care that much about your nouns and pronouns. Etc.
There is a difference between EMBRACING difference versus MANDATING it. The "mandating" effect, oddly, leads to less free speech for EVERYONE because it's "mandated" either happily by the current communist body, or at least somewhat "reluctantly" by those who don't WANT to embrace the current climate (it grows increasingly more shrill) but feel that any statements to the contrary are going to cause dismay, dissent and personal trouble for themselves. I am even WRITING this reluctantly and thinking "I am going to get in trouble" for this post. I hope not.
But yes, we are definitely living in times where SOURCE of information is almost MORE important than the information itself. We need to worry less about racism/sexism/etc. whatever, than what our society is turning into which is AT BEST a self-selecting group of shrill, sad people who are so LOUD and OVERWHELMING that any reply is considered an attack.
I've decided to leave this. I'm sure it won't be well received by many, but well, it is what it is. If it's removed, well, I'll notice. I understand the whole "SFW" thing, but I don't think a thing I've said is really all that terrible.
Anna
