Alone....? A ramble.

In a sea of people, we all manage to be utterly alone. I wonder sometimes how this phenomenon manages to occur so often. One could blame it on society, I suppose, but you'll find more people who have been shunned than those that were accepted. It's odd to me how society is such a small majority, and yet it still manages to rule our everyday lives.

Most normal people find it absolutely inconceivable to do something outside of the approval of society. So many people seem truly disturbed at my lack of organized religion. My philosophical views on the world are mostly lost on the people around me. Sometimes I wonder how anyone can get through life only believing what they feel comfortable believing. There is so much happening in this great big world around us that people would rather turn a blind eye to.

How many people continue to wear fur and get downright hostile when you politely suggest that perhaps they watch a video of how fur is obtained. Oh, heaven forbid if you speak out against declawing an animal (specifically cats) because it involves the first joint of their toe being amputated. Not to mention the psychological damage it can do to the poor thing! I had not one, but TWO people argue with me on this issue on YouTube. Despite my showing damn near inarguable evidence and citing my sources, they just continued to bad mouth me and call me "crazy" and "psychotic." All for telling the truth about an inhumane practice. And let's not talk about veal, because that's another thing.

If you can sit through the PETA KFC video without flinching, if you can watch a helpless fox skinned alive to make that coat you're wearing without feeling guilty, and if you can watch the legs of a baby cow get broken at birth so they don't move to make that tender cut you so love to eat without getting nauseous, more power to you. But if you feel slightly disgusted at the thought and decide not to think about it, STOP BEING A WEAK FUCKING LOSER. How about speaking out for the issues that get your blood boiling? How about putting your ego out on the limb to try and open the eyes of the people around you. Even if ONE person realizes what point you're trying to make, you changed someone's life. YOU singlehandedly opened their mind a little more. And maybe, just maybe, that person will go on to make a bigger difference.

Maybe we all wouldn't be alone in this world if we opened up our minds. A cat and a crow can be friends (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JiJzqXxgxo), so I don't see why two human beings can't feel compassion for one another. Grow a set of balls and learn how to love everyone. It takes a lot more guts to love than to hate. Hate is instinctual when you're afraid of something.

Peace out.

 

On one hand, you talk about loving everyone and being compassionate. And at the same time, you are very judgemental of people.

People just want to be happy. IMO, you have to shut some things out if you want any chance of being that. A person can never run out of things to be depressed about.

 

It's one thing to politely refuse to see the issue at hand, but to wage a full scale war on someone? I disagree that it's the correct way to live. If you don't want to know something, it doesn't give you the right to act hostile towards another human being and tell them that they're wrong. I.E. the girl on YouTube telling me that de-clawing is just trimming the cats nails. Uh... DE. CLAWING. It's not a "pedicure."

Being open minded enough to accept that maybe this stuff happens around you is all I expect of the people I interact with. Shutting yourself down to the level of ignorance is my main gripe with the world.

Love and compassion =/= love everyone and everything in the hippyesqe meaning. When I said "love everyone" in my blog post above, what I mean is to fight that instinct a lot of people have to dehumanize the people around them. Who helps old ladies across the street anymore? Who actually gives change to the homeless? Who helps a lady carry her groceries when she's obviously struggling? Who pulls over for someone who's car is broken down? The answer I've seen is the minority of people. To me, that is very sad. I have literally helped an old lady cross the street. I always give my change to the homeless. There's one thing that all my friends say about me, and it's that "I care about everyone, regardless of who they are."

 

I don't think the issue is so much that people don't care about things. Your gripe is that people don't care about the things you care about.

There are probably thousands of really important issues that you absolutely zero interest in. How much thought did you give to the securitization of sub-prime mortgage loans before the recent credit crisis hit?

How much change homeless guys give to other homeless people?

 

Yes, you are correct. However I think you're missing the point of what I was saying.

I was talking about how people can feel less alone if they stopped being so closed minded about learning about new things or standing up for what they believe in already. Period. The examples I used here in my little ramble of a blog were things that were on my mind while I was stoned. If people tried to have more things in common with other people around the world, we'd all have more friends.

If you join a group (or even just by yourself) to stand up for something you believe... well, you'll either be surrounded by people with the same interests OR you'll be opening yourself up to be found by those people. Regardless if it's anti-fur, pro-homosexuality, whatever injustice you want to fight in the world... the fact is, you're standing up for an animal or person that may need your help. REGARDLESS of what help they need.

Or it could be something as simple as not being afraid to talk to strangers. Try to understand them. If you know you have something in common with the people behind you, turn around and say something when the opportunity strikes. Until you meet a person they're a stranger, and that goes for all the friends you have now too. You know?

The simple advice I attempted to convey to everyone was get more positively involved in the world around you and/or with the people who live in it, and maybe you won't feel so alone.

Catch my drift?

 

I understand the spirit of what you're saying and sympathize.

I don't agree that joining a group and voicing an opinion will make you feel less alone. IME, being overly politically active can only further isolate you from most of society. You may bond with like-minded people but you become "the other" to everyone else.

In fact, I think having any strong beliefs isolates one from society. I am of the belief that all individuality comes at a cost. And them more individual you allow yourself to be, the higher the price tag.

Just my opinion.

 

^^^

It's a good counterbalance, I suppose. Stand for something but don't surrender your individuality to do it and people will be attracted to the sense of self that comes with purpose?

Interesting...

 

This entry made me think of this thread:

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showpost.php?p=6777235&postcount=1