I'm Too Tired To Be Angry Anymore

I used to love politics. The exchange of ideas and proposals debated politely and civilly is long gone and probably never to return. I am a Liberal/Progressive/Hippie/whatever the term of the day is, and I am sick and tired of the negativity that ruined our chances at peaceful progress.

It’s not the disagreements that trouble me, but the growing hatred. We've moved beyond mere disagreement; now, it's hatred. The term 'Tribalism' seems all too fitting. Those with differing opinions are no longer adversaries to be debated but enemies to be defeated at any cost. 

Politics was never meant to be a zero-sum game. It thrived on the art of compromise. Yet, today, that art seems lost. One side clings so tightly to its doctrine that it shuns any hint of compromise, even from within its own ranks. This, my friends, is a recipe for disaster on a monumental scale.

When I was growing up, facts were facts. People who disagreed violently were likely to be arrested or committed. My parents taught me that there are no two sides to the truth and that any attempt to validate an alternative truth is the product of deranged minds. Yet, here we are in 2024, and every lunatic theory has to be given equal time to avoid offending anyone who cannot recognize the truth.

The information age is as much to blame as anything else. Nowadays, anyone can spout all types of nonsense that rejects facts, and some will believe that this person holds some great secret wisdom and must be right despite all the evidence. This mindset is what allowed things like QAnon to gain traction; it requires no thought, and people who follow those lunatic theories believe that they are more intelligent than everyone else when that is clearly not the case.

Crying and whining because you lost an election doesn’t change the fact that you lost the election, but today, that weird alternative fantasy world must be given equal consideration; why I cannot understand.

Catering to stupid people only encourages them to reject facts and cling to even more ridiculous theories. You don’t reason with stupidity; you educate it. Since that isn’t happening, I am officially sick and tired of the entire system.

I want to live and spend the time I have left being happy. I cannot and will no longer entertain the lunatics out there. I admire those who want to continue the fight, but my time has passed, and I deserve my chance to be happy. I don’t want to change people's minds; that never works. I don't want to engage in arguments with basement trolls who live to make others as miserable as they are.

To all my SJW friends out there, fight the good fight.

Be kind to each other.