Lately, I have been growing disillusioned with the world in general. I choose to be informed as well as I can, see both sides of any argument. A large part of this is due to some internet forums, articles but isn't limited to it.
I try rather hard to start with an unbiased view, much like your supposed to when selected for Jury Duty. I view things from a rational point of view.
For example, a Gay couple goes into a cake store for a wedding cake. The said store refuses to sale a wedding cake, but will sale any other type of cake. It goes against their religious choices. The Gay community rallies a protest outside said store. A group from a local gun club reacts by staging a Anti-protest of before mentioned protest.
What is making me sick here is the cycle of hate. I feel that the cake store respected Gay consumers by not blanket refusing service to them, while still maintaining their moral choices. The Gay community could have reacted better here by respecting the owner's moral freedom by simply going somewhere else. I understand the need to protect one's rights, but is a cake shop really the place to do it? Did the shop deny the gay couple any of their freedoms? When I think of the word tolerance used in these situations I feel it is far to one sided. I choose to view it as a two way street. I respect your right to choose your pursuit of happiness, I ask you respect mine as well. When in conflict, don't make me compromise my moral choice, because you feel it slighted yours.
With this mindset, my dissatisfaction with the world in general has been increasing exponentially. I am a white, heterosexual male. I am also Christian, born and raised. I believe in separation of "Church and State" and they should never mix. I am closer to Conservative republican than any other current political mindset. I believe in Classical liberalism. I hold rights to be self evident and everyone is an equal. When someone isn't being treated equally I will support them in getting their rights, even if I don't like what they stand for. I believe in the Constitution and everything the Bill of Rights means.
I know I may sound, in the strictest sense of the word, hypocritical here in that I will not support the rights of groups based on inequality and hate, like the KKK and Nazis.
My question is how to find the strength to deal with a cycle of ignorance and hate?
Interesting captcha: Cookie Cutter
I try rather hard to start with an unbiased view, much like your supposed to when selected for Jury Duty. I view things from a rational point of view.
For example, a Gay couple goes into a cake store for a wedding cake. The said store refuses to sale a wedding cake, but will sale any other type of cake. It goes against their religious choices. The Gay community rallies a protest outside said store. A group from a local gun club reacts by staging a Anti-protest of before mentioned protest.
What is making me sick here is the cycle of hate. I feel that the cake store respected Gay consumers by not blanket refusing service to them, while still maintaining their moral choices. The Gay community could have reacted better here by respecting the owner's moral freedom by simply going somewhere else. I understand the need to protect one's rights, but is a cake shop really the place to do it? Did the shop deny the gay couple any of their freedoms? When I think of the word tolerance used in these situations I feel it is far to one sided. I choose to view it as a two way street. I respect your right to choose your pursuit of happiness, I ask you respect mine as well. When in conflict, don't make me compromise my moral choice, because you feel it slighted yours.
With this mindset, my dissatisfaction with the world in general has been increasing exponentially. I am a white, heterosexual male. I am also Christian, born and raised. I believe in separation of "Church and State" and they should never mix. I am closer to Conservative republican than any other current political mindset. I believe in Classical liberalism. I hold rights to be self evident and everyone is an equal. When someone isn't being treated equally I will support them in getting their rights, even if I don't like what they stand for. I believe in the Constitution and everything the Bill of Rights means.
I know I may sound, in the strictest sense of the word, hypocritical here in that I will not support the rights of groups based on inequality and hate, like the KKK and Nazis.
My question is how to find the strength to deal with a cycle of ignorance and hate?
Interesting captcha: Cookie Cutter
