I'm increasingly concerned about this nation and it's "attitude". I wrote recently about "In your face" tactics and opinions that seem to be becoming the "norm" in the form of a poem.
What happened to accountability? What happened to common decency and consideration of others? What happened to truth?
My concern comes from the fact that these things are no longer "popular" and the fact that too many expect us to follow this "popular" trend. I, for one will never subscribe to the negative atmosphere that some seem to crave and try to create in the name of debate or "exercising their rights".
I do believe I have the same rights as anybody in this county and respect those rights of others. But I don't feel I have the right to exercise my rights at the expense of theirs. Funny how so many these days miss that point. What isn't funny is they are increasingly getting away with it.
I tried very hard for a while to actually sit through an O'Reilly show, because I think the guy actually makes some very good points. But sadly, those good points get lost in the tactics in which they are made. Just an example of the kind of atmosphere I refuse to subscribe to.
"In your face" tactics, verbal bullying and winning not by the best point, but the best "smoke screen" takes validity from the truth of the matter. And it scares me that our children are watching this every day and learning from it. I grew up with the concept that truth was simply that.....truth. And truth requires no smoke screen or tactics.
I don't perceive anyone that chooses to "live and let live" as open targets for my critisizm. And if I am ever so arrogant as to "bite" at their beliefs, I will fully expect them to bite back. They aren't door mats, after all.
These are my truths and my convictions. And they're not up for debate.
Nuff said.
p.s. Repost of my poem:
As the swinging pendulum slows on it’s sway
And stops to swing the other way
I hope it returns us to another day
When life was slower and simpler, I say.
Progress is peaking at the cost of our souls
Taken by rationalizations, hidden in the folds
Of spun and weaved lies of which we are told
And before we know it, our convictions have been sold
Swing, oh pendulum, back to a time
When truth was abundant and honor sublime
From extreme to extreme, the concept is true
Always proven but realized by few
Truth is not in fashion, facts are no more
It’s “in your face” tactics and opinions galore
For the tide will turn and where will we be?
Shaking our fists?............ or on bended knee?
When the swinging pendulum slows on it’s sway
And stops to swing............ the other way
Pup
