Thoughts 10/2/2007 October 2, 2007
Posted by Kelsey Martineau in Politics.Tags: Politics
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I was browsing on the popular social-networking site facebook.com earlier and found that some local individuals had started an anti-liberal group. Ok is it just me, or is this a little extreme? I think it’s absurd. These people are so closed minded to any ideas other than their own. I find it impossible to think that way. I think everything should be about free-thought and expressing opinions, not close-minded ignorance.
I’ve always been that way on most issues. I am against the death penalty, but I’m not one of these people that will argue you down about it. I respect your opinion. To me, people that want to argue with you on political points-of-view are either ignorant, or insecure in their beliefs. Just like faith, people hate having their views and opinions shaken. Why can’t everyone stop and respect what other people think? This issue alone is why I choose “apathetic” as an option on politics. Not necessarily because I don’t care, but because I am not making a statement when I answer a question like that. I don’t believe what I believe to sway people. I don’t believe what I believe to hate others or belittle others. I believe what I believe because in my eyes it’s what is morally right. People that are extreme are doing nothing but ridiculing themselves in my opinion. I don’t discuss politics when my friends do, because what I have to say won’t change their mind, and most likely someone will just get upset. I know a guy that will turn blood-red and get fighting mad if you disagree with him on a political issue. I’m sorry but that’s over the top.
Living in the south though, just about every single person here is a conservative nut, to the point where they are willing to get their 20 gauge shotgun out of the back of their pickup if you make a statement that disagrees with their doctrine of belief. As I stated before, I never have believed in the death penalty. It doesn’t follow with my personal beliefs and what I think is right and wrong. If you don’t believe that, it’s ok with me. However, if I were to make that statement to 90% of the people in the state that I live in, they’d say I was a liberal son of a bitch that needs to be burned at the stake. What’s wrong with this picture?
**Update October 17th, 2007**
I’ve received several emails similar to the following:
Kelsey,
Does this secure your seat politically as a liberal? That’s the vibe I get from reading this post.
Answer: No, this post doesn’t reveal my political standpoint. You’re probably referring to the statement “However, if I were to make that statement to 90% of the people in the state that I live in, they’d say I was a liberal son of a bitch that needs to be burned at the stake.” That statement simply implies that people place stereotypes too fast, especially in the south where I live. I haven’t and never will reveal my political standpoint on this site.
People out there, respect Kelsey’s opinion because you have got to begin from where he’s at, just as we have to progress from where we’re at. I have heard and read of psychotic or psychopathic killers who are so unreachable that they do need the death penalty just so that innocent civilians have a fair chance of surviving.
Liberal or not, we have go to awaken to what’s happening around us, not just when it hits us too close to home. It’s nice to philosophise, but potent leaders are needed in every phase of human endeavour to make this a better world.
Since we’re on the topic of killing, how does one justify killing or the encouragement to kill and destroy for a justified cause (sane leaders call it sending young citizens to the battlefield or civil war zones). Many innocent men, women and children of other countries never knew what killed them or maimed them, the bombs falling on them from the sky, all in the name of progress. (they could have been us, our women,our children). Is there no other ’saner’ way, are we all impotent in matters dearest to our hearts, the preservation and sanctity of human life? Do the ends justify the means? Out of those whose lives were snuffed out could have been one whose ideas and efforts could have saved the world from whatever it’s suffering from at the beginning of this 21st Century. We do not have the monopoly on intelligence, or doesn’t the current crime rate convince you of this?
Hokay, i am not sure what the person above me is ranting about, as there are sooooo many non-sensical, unsequential statements in the passage, but i can tell you that it doesnt have much to do with your post, other that to stand on a, very sanctimonious, soapbox and yelp like a wounded virgin. haha. Just kidding. Seriously, I agree with you about not pounding ideas, even when they are obviously more intelligent, into people’s heads because it causes them to act aggressively. This applies especially to you, which is because of the lack of progressive ideals in Dixie- where you live.
The thing thats wrong with the picture is the infusion of religion into the politics. The south will always be reactionary as long as there are more churches than bars. This could be fixed by allowing churches to apply for liquor licenses. Then everyone could get both of their fixes in the same building. Hey, Jesus’s first miracle was turning water into wine. booyah. Hit me up at my blog. http://thetriumviratus.blogspot.com. My sign in name is florizel polixenes.
I know a guy that will turn blood-red and get fighting mad if you disagree with him on a political issue—–Ryan