"If there is a Hell, then I'll see you there." - Trent Reznor
Like everyone else on the planet, I'm filled with my own views, opinions, thoughts, and beliefs, but if there's been something to notice about myself as of the past year - it'd be the fact that I haven't been as vocal, both in a political and anti-religious sense, as I was in the past. And the reasoning behind that?: I'm just tired of arguing my points over and over and over and over again.
On way too many occasions have I found myself, not only defending my anti-religious views and apathetic political views, but also: I've fallen out with quite a few of my own friends (and even a good number of family members) over my own personal viewpoints. "And for what?," I've frequently found myself asking in my head. I mean, at the end of the day: Where does all of the arguing and fighting and falling out get anyone? Absolutely nowhere. It's a vicious cycle that never ends.... and that's exactly why I've made it a practice to shut up and let the world flourish the way the rest of the world sees fit. I guess you could say that I've, in a way, become even more apathetic.... but in all honesty: I'm just tired. Of all of it.
I'm tired of religion, politics, the constant fight between what's 'just' and 'unjust', and most of all: I'm just tired of having to restate and rephrase myself time and time again to the world's closed ears and blind eyes. I'm just sick of the whole thing, y'know?
I've observed that as soon as any given conversation between myself and anyone else turns into something intimate like religion or politics, eventually the entire thing explodes into a much bigger and uneccesssary argument with no productive outcome. I feel as though, in a more metaphorical sense, whenever something becomes political or religious once again - that a sort of "Pandora's box" opens itself up.... and for no substancial reason at all. I feel as though it's the meaninglessness of all of the never-ending arguing which is the saddest part of all to witness on the daily basis.
In example: I have a friend (who I won't name for obvious reasons) who is the equivalent to a child who gets into a pissy attitude whenever he can't get his way - especially when the topic of conversations comes to religion or politics. And after a long while, I just stopped talking to him. The reason why?: Because we were two opposites just going in circles and wasting time with our arguments which never seemed to change; the exact same reasoning behind my unwillingness to engage in debates, conversations, and arguments as of late in general. People never change.
Make no mistake about it, I'm not a hypocrite: I've never claimed to like or favor any religion, nor have I ever favored any particular political party - and why should I? I mean, none of them have ever done anything for me, so why exactly should I care for any religion or political party at all?
In a political sense: I've got many friends and acquaintances on the liberal side of the fence, as well as a surprising many on the conservative side too. I don't judge.
No, I do not judge, nor do I generalize.... but at the end of the day: They're all idiots in a certain light. Because the way I see it, it's like this: Nobody is right all of the time. And if they think they are, they've got serious delusions which probably need immediate addressing. Bottom line, though: Anyone who can judge a topic or issue without hearing both sides of the argument are true-to the-word dipshits with little capacity to think for themselves. And if you ask me: THOSE are the people who the world could do without.
I say screw Osama bin Laden, as well as George W. Bush; Obama is just a face, and all political parties are only out for their own interests just like the corporations they're all in bed with. Truth be told: I absolutely hate extremists....
....but extremists are exactly what our entire country seems to be made up of....
....and that's exactly why I've learned to keep to myself over the past year or so....
....because people, as a whole, never change.
Like everyone else on the planet, I'm filled with my own views, opinions, thoughts, and beliefs, but if there's been something to notice about myself as of the past year - it'd be the fact that I haven't been as vocal, both in a political and anti-religious sense, as I was in the past. And the reasoning behind that?: I'm just tired of arguing my points over and over and over and over again.
On way too many occasions have I found myself, not only defending my anti-religious views and apathetic political views, but also: I've fallen out with quite a few of my own friends (and even a good number of family members) over my own personal viewpoints. "And for what?," I've frequently found myself asking in my head. I mean, at the end of the day: Where does all of the arguing and fighting and falling out get anyone? Absolutely nowhere. It's a vicious cycle that never ends.... and that's exactly why I've made it a practice to shut up and let the world flourish the way the rest of the world sees fit. I guess you could say that I've, in a way, become even more apathetic.... but in all honesty: I'm just tired. Of all of it.
I'm tired of religion, politics, the constant fight between what's 'just' and 'unjust', and most of all: I'm just tired of having to restate and rephrase myself time and time again to the world's closed ears and blind eyes. I'm just sick of the whole thing, y'know?
I've observed that as soon as any given conversation between myself and anyone else turns into something intimate like religion or politics, eventually the entire thing explodes into a much bigger and uneccesssary argument with no productive outcome. I feel as though, in a more metaphorical sense, whenever something becomes political or religious once again - that a sort of "Pandora's box" opens itself up.... and for no substancial reason at all. I feel as though it's the meaninglessness of all of the never-ending arguing which is the saddest part of all to witness on the daily basis.
In example: I have a friend (who I won't name for obvious reasons) who is the equivalent to a child who gets into a pissy attitude whenever he can't get his way - especially when the topic of conversations comes to religion or politics. And after a long while, I just stopped talking to him. The reason why?: Because we were two opposites just going in circles and wasting time with our arguments which never seemed to change; the exact same reasoning behind my unwillingness to engage in debates, conversations, and arguments as of late in general. People never change.
Make no mistake about it, I'm not a hypocrite: I've never claimed to like or favor any religion, nor have I ever favored any particular political party - and why should I? I mean, none of them have ever done anything for me, so why exactly should I care for any religion or political party at all?
In a political sense: I've got many friends and acquaintances on the liberal side of the fence, as well as a surprising many on the conservative side too. I don't judge.
No, I do not judge, nor do I generalize.... but at the end of the day: They're all idiots in a certain light. Because the way I see it, it's like this: Nobody is right all of the time. And if they think they are, they've got serious delusions which probably need immediate addressing. Bottom line, though: Anyone who can judge a topic or issue without hearing both sides of the argument are true-to the-word dipshits with little capacity to think for themselves. And if you ask me: THOSE are the people who the world could do without.
I say screw Osama bin Laden, as well as George W. Bush; Obama is just a face, and all political parties are only out for their own interests just like the corporations they're all in bed with. Truth be told: I absolutely hate extremists....
....but extremists are exactly what our entire country seems to be made up of....
....and that's exactly why I've learned to keep to myself over the past year or so....
....because people, as a whole, never change.
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