babble
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
In case any of you were wondering why I don't talk about my political opinions here, or why I haven't talked about the war at all, I'm going to tell you why. Aren't you excited? I can tell. The excitement emanating from my vast readership is fucking palpable.
Anyway, I don't talk about the war or politics very much here mainly because I try to keep this site fairly light in subject matter, and I try to at least amuse myself, and war and politics are not light or amusing. Also, I have witnessed, both personally and on the teevee and intarweb, the amazing amounts of hatred, bile, and vitriol that are being exchanged between people who are on either side of the war debate. I am disheartened by the mudslinging and personal insults being hurled back and forth from both camps. I see people who are anti-war being called unpatriotic, un-American, or pro-Saddam. I see people who are pro-war being called bloodthirsty warmongers. Now, I realize that there are extremes on both sides and exceptions to every rule, but for the most part these broad characterizations of people on both ends of the war debate are unjust and untrue. It seems to me, with few exceptions, that most of the people engaging so passionately in these debates are unwilling to acknowledge that other people are entitled to their opinion whether they agree with you or not. I pay attention to what's going on in the world, and I form my own opinions, but I don't think less of other people simply because they have come to a different conclusion. However, I do tend to want to put some distance between myself and those who choose to sling personal insults that question my intelligence simply because I do not agree with them. I feel that every human being has the right to form their own personal opinions and express them, and that extends to those who think that other people's differing opinions are valueless. That doesn't mean I have to talk to you if you think I'm a fucktard for disagreeing with you, though, so I keep my opinions away from this site so nameless, faceless, amorphous intarweb entities don't try to drag me into a lengthy online war debate. I mean, I got enough shit for the duck tape thing.
Tomorrow (or when I get around to it) we'll return to our normally scheduled program of hilarity, during which I will discuss the disturbing expansion of Lara Flynn Boyle's lips.
babbled by Kat @ 8:23:00 AM |
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