It seems like a lot of rants er entries and social media statuses revolve around the beauty of it is to connect and bring together each individual global village into one place. It brings together, well mine does at least, people from most states in the union and a few countries. And the beauty of knowing a lot of people is that you get a lot of opinions. And those opinions are not always going to agree and honestly, I'm happy about that. It is the beauty of social media, the beauty of America and the beauty of (most) of the world.
And with that, I'll light the fuse and stir the hive up a bit here because
1) I can and
b) I feel like it and it’s my blog and entry so
there.
Everyone who pays any kind of attention to news and such knows the topic,
so I won't repeat it. As with most of my writings, I will just cut open my head
and let it out. It may not be edited, it may not be politically correct, you
may agree or disagree. It’s your right, please say so, I like comments. I like
opinions. I like hearing what people think whether they agree with me or not.
So..
I know that amongst my 893 friends I have quite an array of sociopolitical perspectives. Left, right, liberal, conservative, tea party, green part, libertarian, Unitarian, octogenarian I have them all. And contrary to what they may think when I post an opinion that differs from there’s, I don’t mind it. I love that we have a first amendment, I love that we can say what we want (to some extent) and that some will say yay and some will say nay. Agree to disagree is a phrase I like to use and is applicable more often than not in my head. But I think re: hope that the current event that most are lightly dancing around, will be one that polarizing differing perspectives at least on this one topic. I hope we all agree that despite our other differences, what this person said, did and believed in is, well, inappropriate and unforgivable. If not and you support such beliefs and the organization, feel free to exit..stage left even.
The following comes from my comments on the status and link of my dear friend Sarah Mathews and says basically, what all of the build-up and rambling above leads to, let me preface with this: I have never wished for the death of anyone, I have only celebrated the death of a few (well 2, Saddam Hussein who shot missiles at me for a couple of months and bin Laden for obvious reasons I hope). And when this happens, I will not throw a party, or toast a non-alcoholic drink even. I won't give him the power of elicit that kind of emotion. I will simply say that good riddance and move along my merry way.
I have been dead set, so to speak, on not acknowledging for the most part, his passing as it gives him one last round of what he seemed to thrive on; attention. I know you and a lot of my friends on the left and right feel the same way. I'm still torn honestly. But I think this article is this best way to get a final word on. A final shot across the bough of someone who doesn't deserve a modicum of any of the attention he gets in life or death. But this article actually succeeds in its attempt to go high road without feeding the hatred and attention machine that team on the vitriol of the masses. So I think I'll hit the share button., watch the link show on my wall, see the likes and comments and then will do my best to move forward in my life not letting his words, his presence or thoughts of his actions ever elicit another thought or action about other than my previously stated.
In closing I will say this regarding the diversity of my friends list and society in general. There is so much negativity on so many issues. Healthcare, equality in marriage, “don't take my guns”, conservatives are crazy, liberals are crazy, Tea Partiers are beyond crazy, he's wrong, she's wrong, I'm right, you're not”. Its dizzying, it’s frustrating, it’s to be expected though. We are a country of different people founded on people with different opinions. But we are called the United States so somehow, someway, we come together on some things and I hope this is one of them.
Maybe the passing can be a polarizing issue between the sides and bring differing views on equality and rights together realizing that deep down, we can at least agree on this one thing. I hope. Don’t make him martyr, don’t give him any undeserved attention, take it as an inspiration that leads you a direction but that you leave at the starting line. Move forward and don't look back at why you're headed that way.
..and as they say on Shark Tank..with that, I'm out.
I know that amongst my 893 friends I have quite an array of sociopolitical perspectives. Left, right, liberal, conservative, tea party, green part, libertarian, Unitarian, octogenarian I have them all. And contrary to what they may think when I post an opinion that differs from there’s, I don’t mind it. I love that we have a first amendment, I love that we can say what we want (to some extent) and that some will say yay and some will say nay. Agree to disagree is a phrase I like to use and is applicable more often than not in my head. But I think re: hope that the current event that most are lightly dancing around, will be one that polarizing differing perspectives at least on this one topic. I hope we all agree that despite our other differences, what this person said, did and believed in is, well, inappropriate and unforgivable. If not and you support such beliefs and the organization, feel free to exit..stage left even.
The following comes from my comments on the status and link of my dear friend Sarah Mathews and says basically, what all of the build-up and rambling above leads to, let me preface with this: I have never wished for the death of anyone, I have only celebrated the death of a few (well 2, Saddam Hussein who shot missiles at me for a couple of months and bin Laden for obvious reasons I hope). And when this happens, I will not throw a party, or toast a non-alcoholic drink even. I won't give him the power of elicit that kind of emotion. I will simply say that good riddance and move along my merry way.
I have been dead set, so to speak, on not acknowledging for the most part, his passing as it gives him one last round of what he seemed to thrive on; attention. I know you and a lot of my friends on the left and right feel the same way. I'm still torn honestly. But I think this article is this best way to get a final word on. A final shot across the bough of someone who doesn't deserve a modicum of any of the attention he gets in life or death. But this article actually succeeds in its attempt to go high road without feeding the hatred and attention machine that team on the vitriol of the masses. So I think I'll hit the share button., watch the link show on my wall, see the likes and comments and then will do my best to move forward in my life not letting his words, his presence or thoughts of his actions ever elicit another thought or action about other than my previously stated.
In closing I will say this regarding the diversity of my friends list and society in general. There is so much negativity on so many issues. Healthcare, equality in marriage, “don't take my guns”, conservatives are crazy, liberals are crazy, Tea Partiers are beyond crazy, he's wrong, she's wrong, I'm right, you're not”. Its dizzying, it’s frustrating, it’s to be expected though. We are a country of different people founded on people with different opinions. But we are called the United States so somehow, someway, we come together on some things and I hope this is one of them.
Maybe the passing can be a polarizing issue between the sides and bring differing views on equality and rights together realizing that deep down, we can at least agree on this one thing. I hope. Don’t make him martyr, don’t give him any undeserved attention, take it as an inspiration that leads you a direction but that you leave at the starting line. Move forward and don't look back at why you're headed that way.
..and as they say on Shark Tank..with that, I'm out.
