I'm hoping to draw everyone's attention to a species-wide crisis that, especially at this time of year, should be getting better instead of getting worse.
The holiday season is not merry or filled with tidings of great joy and goodwill toward men and that we would all be better served by remaining humbled in the face of the unimaginable suffering and hardships being faced by our brothers all around us.
No matter who you are, where you live, or what your flavor of news consumption might be, it's clear to see that anger, hatred, violence, and vitriol are everywhere you look. We are given plenty of expert opinions, hollow rationale, and over-educated justification for why this is happening, but no one in charge seems capable of mustering the testicular fortitude to put a stop to it, which leaves all of us to suffer the consequences of the paralyzed incompetence coming from the people in charge. This fact makes me sad, but my escorted trip to the store the other day pushed my sadness over the edge and into an abyss of anger and frustration.
As far as I'm concerned, considering how far we have fallen from "the good old days" of common decency and mutual respect, it's a wonder that more of you haven't gone full-on Hermit and, like me, given up on the bloody lot of us, drawn the shades and pulled the curtains, and locked the door behind you on your way back in the house. We can do better than this. If we don't, our species is doomed to collapse under its own weight.
The holiday season is not merry or filled with tidings of great joy and goodwill toward men and that we would all be better served by remaining humbled in the face of the unimaginable suffering and hardships being faced by our brothers all around us.
No matter who you are, where you live, or what your flavor of news consumption might be, it's clear to see that anger, hatred, violence, and vitriol are everywhere you look. We are given plenty of expert opinions, hollow rationale, and over-educated justification for why this is happening, but no one in charge seems capable of mustering the testicular fortitude to put a stop to it, which leaves all of us to suffer the consequences of the paralyzed incompetence coming from the people in charge. This fact makes me sad, but my escorted trip to the store the other day pushed my sadness over the edge and into an abyss of anger and frustration.
As far as I'm concerned, considering how far we have fallen from "the good old days" of common decency and mutual respect, it's a wonder that more of you haven't gone full-on Hermit and, like me, given up on the bloody lot of us, drawn the shades and pulled the curtains, and locked the door behind you on your way back in the house. We can do better than this. If we don't, our species is doomed to collapse under its own weight.
