Every now and then my father will contact me and describe in
way too much detail an episode of Law & Order Special Old People’s Unit, and
go on and on about how they found this person that was into whiffle ball bats,
small farm animals, Nutella, and pictures of Unicorns. He’ll then proceed to
lament that this sort of behavior didn’t happen when he was growing up and this
is all a result of liberals taking over the media, education, and forcing their
perversions upon wholesome Americans…
Well, that is horseshit. Over the last few days, weeks,
months, and years, it seems that we are forced to take a hard look in the
mirror over many issues (terrorism, war, poverty, taxes, equality) that we don’t
want to talk about or in many cases don’t want to admit exists…For example, too
many people respond to #BlackLivesMatter with #AllLivesMatter (well of course
all lives matter, if you are a caring human being, but all lives right now don’t
feel like they are suffering or in pain, so maybe listen to what they have to
say, assessing if it’s a valid point, and working towards a solution, like the
police department in Dallas was doing, with great results, instead of being so
offended and coming across as an uniformed-insensitive-racist). There is a
simple and clear explanation for this giant mirror being thrust upon us as
individuals and society as a whole, the internet.
The internet (World Wide Web) has opened the doors to the
soul of humanity, good/bad, right/wrong, and it appears that even though this
tool has been around to the masses for two decades, too many of us are only
comfortable with it when we are using it for our own personal needs. Whether
that be shopping, educational reasons, gaming, or porn…However, when the truest
form of Democracy shows us injustice, racism, strife, extreme poverty, war, or
Kathy Bates naked, we immediately call out for a simpler time & click on kitten
videos…
The truth is, all of this has been going on long before the
internet, long before the “liberals” took over, and even during Reagan’s
America…Some of the oldest books we reference deal with murder, slavery,
incest, rape, taxes, war, abusive politicians, and even this miraculous process
of turning water into wine…The same internet that allows you to have your groceries
delivered to your door is the same internet that may prevent a teen that is
transgender from feeling alone & killing themselves…This tool may help an innocent
man have his conviction overturned, allowing him to go free, or it may aide a
lost soul to plan & commit a horrific crime…Preserving this truest form of Democracy
& allowing all of humanity to have a voice must be preserved, whether we as
individuals feel comfortable or not.
The internet doesn’t need any rules or censorship. It’s the humans using it that need the help.
We need help understanding people of different color, religion, socioeconomic backgrounds,
and lifestyles. We need to better understand gentrification, poverty, and social
injustice. We need help to see that everything isn’t black and white, and that’s
ok, grey is nice too (look at my kitchen cabinets)…Most of all, we need to
listen when others talk, so that communication flows in a dyadic pattern, not
linear…I’ve seen too many cryptic posts over the last few days that do nothing
to advance the conversation or humanity, all they are doing is to continue to
divide & build walls…That’s not a slam on Trump, I welcome his honesty,
candor, and the conversations he’s begun. I don’t agree with all of them, but in
a silver-lining sort of way, he’s forcing the world to have conversations, many
of which the world has gone decades without having…The results of that (and
many other conversations we aren’t having & need to) are to be determined,
but the beauty of the internet is, they can’t hide for long and neither should
we…
As to Law & Order, never watched it, I prefer comedies…Besides,
it only takes a few clicks to discover these types of lifestyles & which
ones are living on your street…
