You know, we have been told for years that United States' downfall would be because we allowed sex before marriage, we allowed same sex marriage, we watch porn, we take drugs, there are too many single-parent households, we allow women and people of color to have too much power, even that we listen to too much jazz or rock and roll. But the "degradation", it turns out isn't related to these social norm changes, but to the mores of the "fine people" many of us have trusted. The people I trust look past the noise and see that the rot comes from hate of the other; pure and simple, many of us are guided in our daily lives by fear of the different. How can we ever rise if we don't recognize that fear of the other is only a primitive human response like fight or flight that is possible to resolve with simple engagement of a logical, BRAIN-motivated acknowledgement of the truth that humans come in many, many equally valid varieties? We need to celebrate the differences, not hide and fear them.
You know, we have been told for years that United States' downfall would be because we allowed sex before marriage, we allowed same sex marriage, we watch porn, we take drugs, there are too many single-parent households, we allow women and people of color to have too much power, even that we listen to too much jazz or rock and roll. But the "degradation", it turns out isn't related to these social norm changes, but to the mores of the "fine people" many of us have trusted. The people I trust look past the noise and see that the rot comes from hate of the other; pure and simple, many of us are guided in our daily lives by fear of the different. How can we ever rise if we don't recognize that fear of the other is only a primitive human response like fight or flight that is possible to resolve with simple engagement of a logical, BRAIN-motivated acknowledgement of the truth that humans come in many, many equally valid varieties? We need to celebrate the differences, not hide and fear them.
I get your point, but I will not be celebrating the maggots.