Now, I know that despite all the years I have studied, both at university and since then, I really don’t know all that much. I am living that old expression, “the more you learn, the less you know.” When someone tells me that I am wise, I worry even more for the human race. And then, I find myself checking in on contemporary happenings in the world, especially with our leaders.
It isn’t bad enough that they seem to be hell bent on raping the planet and the countries, states and provinces, and the communities for which they are leaders – but their followers buy the snake oil they are selling and become their personal angry-bird mob chanting the mantras of privilege. No wonder I retreat into a quiet space and pretend that none of it exists.
In a way, that is the path to take. Think of it. If we all took a time out and went quiet, who would be chanting messages of hate and division. The naturist world has its own issues with “us versus them” with the “them” being other naturists. I have quite a following on Twitter and I follow many naturists in return. As a result, I get to hear the issues of control and judgment that appear in that community as well.
Rather than focus on our own personal behaviours and often irrational beliefs, we take sledgehammers made of words to try and force others to fit into … and that is the problem. We don’t really know what these others should be doing and saying since we haven’t really figured it out. We just know that if we could get others to repeat our words, and champion them, then maybe, just maybe, we are on the right track. The majority must be right, right?