This is an odd post....
For a long time, I've known that I only post well personal stuff in my personal journal. Mostly. I don't write about things that piss me off that don't directly affect me in some way. In fact, I don't post about things that do affect me in a roundabout way. I usually post about my RL.
And for awhile, I've been trying to figure out why that is. Why do I not post about things that happen in the world? Why don't I write my thoughts and opinions on all the things I read online? How come, on the rare chance that I post about something other than myself, it is ALWAYS ALWAYS fandom-related?
I think I've finally realized it. I have finally come to the conclusion as to why I don't post about these things.
There is a world of people out there who suck. Yes, I know, that's not exactly news. But it's these sucky people who purposefully use their sucky beliefs and ignorance and bigotry to impose on people who disagree and think differently about it. There are people who look at tragedy as something that someone deserves. There are people who are indignant when people who need help get help. There are people who think that you can only help certain types of people. There are always people who are willing to pass judgment on someone else just because they can.
And usually, these people, we let slip through the cracks. We let them pass judgment, make laws, run for governments, and let them continue the cycle through everyone they influence, through the children they have, and through the people they meet. These are not the worst people. I'm fairly certain most people will agree. There's always someone worse, there's always someone more dangerous, and more life-threatening.
I am sickened by murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and sexual molesters. I am sickened by people who purposefully seek to hurt and kill others.
And yet, there are people who are sickened by the lifestyle I choose, by the lifestyle I would like to have, by my friends, by how I look, and by being alive. (A lifestyle, friends, and appearance that is not harming anyone.)I know there's worse. I know people have been through worse, are going through worse, and have had worse shit happen to them.
There are SO MANY THINGS about the world that I want to attempt to change. That I want to talk about, that I want to help with. I have no money to send to charities or to help fund relief for disasters, I don't have anything that I could make to donate, and I'm really not sure how helpful I would be in a parade for anything. I looked into volunteering, but I can't because I'm not Christian and/or able-bodied. I want to help because I want things in the world to change and just be better.
I don't post about real life issues that pertain to the larger world as a whole because I don't feel like the larger part of the world. I don't post about real life issues because they bother me so much, it literally crawls under my skin and I do everything I can to forget about it, to pretend it doesn't exist, and to pretend that everything will be fine eventually and I can live my life.
So, here are some articles about things that bother me. Please click links with caution. They may make you RAGE.
An eight-year-old girl who has autism is arrested for battery
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/07/cops_arrest_and_handcuff_8-yea.php
Of course, it's okay to Out a Transgendered dater after you met him once.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/magazine/11FOB-Ethicist-t.html?_r=2
The Holy Hell, What Are You Saying, Whoopi?
http://www.popeater.com/2010/07/14/whoopi-goldberg-mel-gibson-the-view/
There are lots more, but these are the more recent things. To brighten it up, I'm posting this awesome video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hyT7_Bx9o&feature=player_embedded
And for awhile, I've been trying to figure out why that is. Why do I not post about things that happen in the world? Why don't I write my thoughts and opinions on all the things I read online? How come, on the rare chance that I post about something other than myself, it is ALWAYS ALWAYS fandom-related?
I think I've finally realized it. I have finally come to the conclusion as to why I don't post about these things.
There is a world of people out there who suck. Yes, I know, that's not exactly news. But it's these sucky people who purposefully use their sucky beliefs and ignorance and bigotry to impose on people who disagree and think differently about it. There are people who look at tragedy as something that someone deserves. There are people who are indignant when people who need help get help. There are people who think that you can only help certain types of people. There are always people who are willing to pass judgment on someone else just because they can.
And usually, these people, we let slip through the cracks. We let them pass judgment, make laws, run for governments, and let them continue the cycle through everyone they influence, through the children they have, and through the people they meet. These are not the worst people. I'm fairly certain most people will agree. There's always someone worse, there's always someone more dangerous, and more life-threatening.
I am sickened by murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and sexual molesters. I am sickened by people who purposefully seek to hurt and kill others.
And yet, there are people who are sickened by the lifestyle I choose, by the lifestyle I would like to have, by my friends, by how I look, and by being alive. (A lifestyle, friends, and appearance that is not harming anyone.)I know there's worse. I know people have been through worse, are going through worse, and have had worse shit happen to them.
There are SO MANY THINGS about the world that I want to attempt to change. That I want to talk about, that I want to help with. I have no money to send to charities or to help fund relief for disasters, I don't have anything that I could make to donate, and I'm really not sure how helpful I would be in a parade for anything. I looked into volunteering, but I can't because I'm not Christian and/or able-bodied. I want to help because I want things in the world to change and just be better.
I don't post about real life issues that pertain to the larger world as a whole because I don't feel like the larger part of the world. I don't post about real life issues because they bother me so much, it literally crawls under my skin and I do everything I can to forget about it, to pretend it doesn't exist, and to pretend that everything will be fine eventually and I can live my life.
So, here are some articles about things that bother me. Please click links with caution. They may make you RAGE.
An eight-year-old girl who has autism is arrested for battery
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/07/cops_arrest_and_handcuff_8-yea.php
Of course, it's okay to Out a Transgendered dater after you met him once.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/magazine/11FOB-Ethicist-t.html?_r=2
The Holy Hell, What Are You Saying, Whoopi?
http://www.popeater.com/2010/07/14/whoopi-goldberg-mel-gibson-the-view/
There are lots more, but these are the more recent things. To brighten it up, I'm posting this awesome video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hyT7_Bx9o&feature=player_embedded