One of the many benefits of vacation (especially a road trip),
is I am taken out of the news loop, for the most part & don’t have to waste
any energy on social, political, or Kardashian related bull-shit…That being
said, when I have checked in, there seems to be a few stories dominating the
news cycle. One is a crazy-ass billionaire that can’t shut up (ever) about any
& everything and the other is about the dentist who killed the lion. Now I
haven’t fully read/educated myself on this (I will next week) but I can draw a
few conclusions based on what I have read & seen so far...
First, everyone seems really pissed, on both sides. I
attribute this to a couple of things. One, when it comes to Nature, too many of
us forget that we are a part of it, not over or above it. Two, when it comes to
animals, humans are the biggest hypocrites of all times. Eat a cow or chicken,
no big deal. Eat a dog or horse; you are on par with a serial killer. Fish/Shrimp,
nobody gives a crap. BBQ a polar bear and the neighbors burn your house
down…When it comes to animals, we all have love/hate relationships & for
the most part, we are all hypocrites. I’ve seen people go ape shit over a turtle
crossing the road & then kill a bee without flinching…
Second, why does there always have to be a line drawn? An
either or? Maybe I’m in a rare group of humans, that should be studied &
paid, but my brain allows me to think about multiple subjects at a time. Every
time something happens, it doesn’t need to be compared to something else. They
are separate events, even if they fall into similar categories. It’s not either-or/black
& white. What does shooting a lion have to do with planned parenthood?
(Nothing) What does shooting a lion have to do with Tennessee? (nothing) What
does shooting a lion have to do with anything else, NOTHING…This is
manufactured outrage. I can be pissed that the McRib isn’t offered year round
while being equally pissed that Madonna won’t perform at my birthday, while at
the same time being pissed that the second half of Man of Steel sucked, and
still have enough pistivity left for political, social, and global issues…I’m
full of it. I have enough piss to go around. All this fake outrage does is
deflect from the issue or change the subject while diluting the narrative.
Meanwhile whatever the original issue was, gets lost forever in an endless
spiral of secondary arguments. It’s an adult version of the telephone game (gone
wrong) that we played in kindergarten. Tell one adult a lion was shot and 25th
adult is pissed that Tom Brady’s suspension was upheld.
