{"id":4114,"date":"2017-01-19T00:38:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T08:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:36:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:36:40","slug":"feelings-about-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/feelings-about-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Feelings about things"},"content":{"rendered":"

The thing people have to understand about life in the world today is that you are going to be mocked. People ARE going to have an opinion about the things you say.<\/p>\n

ESPECIALLY when you’re a member of a highly divisive group of people.<\/p>\n

I’m sorry if your feelings have been hurt, but you need to look at Twitter as being a pretty up-to-the-minute barometer of public opinion.<\/p>\n

People have feelings about things. And whatever you want to think about a particular group of people, the public as a whole has a few issues you don’t mess with. Because when you do, people start getting angry.<\/p>\n

Education = there are standards for a reason. Religion should stay out of schools, especially in the teaching of science and politics. And a public school should not be for profit but for the well-being of the community at large.<\/p>\n

Nuclear material = dangerous things need to be handled by people with experience. Trusting that because someone is "likable" they’ll be able to handle problems usually left to scientists with PhDs is not only willfully ignorant, it’s wildly inappropriate.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

I’m okay with people living however they like.<\/p>\n

You want to homeschool your kid? Okay, whatever.<\/p>\n

You don’t want to vaccinate your children? Fine, as long as they never go out in public.<\/p>\n

You want to go off the grid and only eat orange Tic-Tacs? Whatever floats your boat, brah.<\/p>\n

The nice thing about life in America is that you can live the way you want.<\/p>\n

Except now the GOP is controlled by a bunch of agenda people, shoving their lifestyle all over everyone else.<\/p>\n

It’s like watching my grandparents have sex.<\/p>\n

I’m just not into it.<\/p>\n

So when it comes down the pike, we are one country.<\/p>\n

We’re all pretty much the same in the way that we live, and that we just don’t want to be fucked with.<\/p>\n

We want smart consumers, healthy and happy children, a strong economy, and the freedom and liberty promised to all citizens.<\/p>\n

And if you’re not into that, then maybe you need to look around and seriously consider what you want out of your time on Earth.<\/p>\n

Because you can dream about how you want things to be, and then be angry that the world is different from your expectations. Or you can look at the world as it is, and start working on making it better.<\/p>\n

Freedom, man.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

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