I just finished the historical (1980s) fiction novel Atmosphere. It reminded me of the cruelty of homophobia just in my lifetime. Then I came across this:
The hatred, cruelty, and discrimination of "the Moral [sic] Majority" doesn't really compare to slavery, the Holocaust, the Sudanese civil war, etc. etc. etc. But gadzooks - so many of us "civilized, enlightened, democratic, Freedom!-loving" individuals dedicate our lives to persecuting other humans - even those who look like us, are in our "tribe," and are doing nothing to us at all. (Even after the complete failure of all predictions about the end of civilization if women got the vote, races were able to "intermix," gays were allowed to teach, etc. etc. etc.)
Now they want to overturn equal marriage, the right to contraception, etc. And they don't have any problem saying all this out loud, here in USA! USA! USA!
It isn't just the US, of course.
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(Not to mention factory farms.)
Honestly, I am continually amazed that so many highly-educated individuals so blindly fetishize humanity.
How bad do we have to be before we question the unquestioned worship of humanity?
But my point isn't "humanity is terrible" and/or "everyone is stupid except me." We are all just collections of atoms following the laws of physics, our evolutionary nature, and our societal programming.
Rather, I want to express my gratitude to all the decent people in the world.
I especially appreciate those who look beyond themselves and try to help those most at the mercy of the majority.
Caring is, I know, very difficult, to put it mildly. I wish I could make it easier for each of you.
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