2015. november 13., péntek
Straight Talk and Perspective Epiphany.
Backstory:I'm mid-life aged and have always maintained a sense of open mindedness, often using logic when it comes to things of morality. Over the years and reading about the frequent anger that flows within out society I never understood why or how people could be so close minded due to a "belief". My philosophy as long as it's between consenting adults who am I do judge. Even if you disagree with something, how can that disagreement fester into so much anger.The more extreme or more passionate their opinion was, I often completely disregarded them as "religious hate mongers, or racist". For example the Kentucky Clerk who refused to issue gay marriage licensed because, how how she felt internally.*Epiphany: *Tonight I was reading a post about a couple who have an open relationship. It went into graphic detail into the sexual encounters they had with other people. I felt absolutely disgusted, with actual nausea and anxiety. Something inside me felt this was just so wrong to the point it physically affected me. It also scared me as I knew it was completely illogical and I shouldn't judge but it felt less of a mental decision and a literal gut reaction.Is this how that Kentucky woman felt? Did she feel the same anxiety and sickness because something insider her said gay marriage was wrong?In the end tonight has opened my eyes a little bit. I still completely agree, people deserve a right to happiness and no person should deny them that. But I also won't blindly disregard people for their feeling. Instead I'm curious why these feelings even exist.Looking forward as a society I think what matters most is that we accept our own moral dilemmas, but maintain a level mind and not impose them on other people. It takes dialogue and the ability to listen to the other side. Maybe our anxiety will lesson and we'll be a more open and better society for it.
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