What the hell am I supposed to do? I don’t know if you’ve read any of my previous posts, but if you have, you’d have noticed a consistency in them as far as the problem I have with society’s subjective morality. I have several notes I’ve written on facebook that I welcome you to read. www.facebook.com/theycallmemanhattan I am just so sick of the subjective morality that has been instilled. I have had it! I just can’t handle it anymore. People are SO SURE that this construct is flawless and absolute and they’re just so wrong. Anytime I try telling these “monkeys” this truth, they like to resort of fallacies and hypocricy to try and invalidate my justified claim. They tell me that I only want people to agree with me. They tell me that I just like to condone outlaws and bad behavior. Sometimes I wonder if it’s me that’s thinking unclearly because there are just so many of these freaks that believe certain things simply because that’s all they know. I’m tired of it!
I’m not a big fan of quotes, as I just look at them as a group of words that tend to make a sensible point, but one that I can really relate to is one of Sigmund Freuds, and that was, “I have become aware of my destiny: To belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.” There are a handful of people that have understood what I’m talking about, but I’ve met them all online, so I’m unable to live or mingle with them on a day-to-day basis. I used to wonder if I was the one who was “wrong,” but I’ve realized that my way of thinking is more fair and more logical. I think of everything objectively before applying any subjective values. I had an idiot friend tell me after I told him that I think of life more fairly, that life isn’t “fair.” That’s just a nonsense phrase. It doesn’t really have any meaning. It doesn’t concern me. It’s just like saying “You’ll die someday.” No kidding…Well anyway, I notice that I am able to see others’ points of view. They aren’t able to see mine. I can see why these subjective values like staying faithful in a marriage, or wearing a seatbelt should be mandatory, or being a man is important, have meaning. I can see why they would be important to someone. It is absolutely monumentally frustrating when people are unable to see or believe that none of these values are at all absolute. You don’t “Have” to abide by them. They aren’t the only way to go. These people are just so stupid. It’s not about rebelling, it’s not about questioning or rebelling against authority or being different or anything like that. It’s just the simple matter that although a lot of these morals or values make sense, they aren’t all that’s available. I look at Tiger Woods as a man who made a mistake. I don’t think less of him for cheating on his wife. I can understand why someone would do that; especially someone as rich and powerful as him. It doesn’t make him inherently “bad.” He shouldn’t have cheated, but perhaps sometime the principle that should be upheld isn’t as signifigant as the one that one would like to indulge in.
I’m sorry, I just don’t understand why people are so stupid. I’ve been a little vague and I’m very depressed. I am constantly surrounded by monkeys who can’t look past their own damn biases. They can’t look at anything objectively and it really saddens me, angers me, and worries the hell out of me because I don’t know how much longer I can stand living with them.
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I know the feeling. All I really have to say is, if I could meet you in real life I would. Aside from that, I hope you don’t suffer anymore. And no one really tends to comment on things they don’t understand here..
I understand fully what you are talking about. I am an animal rights activist and I also am very well read. I find this…We Are On the Other Side of the Looking Glass, and anymore it is hard for people to have a shared morality and agree. The world is more and more divided. We are not what we do or say, we are so much more..that being said, we pay attention to what is really important to us and reflect that in how much time we spend on it.
The US has 40% of the population now being functionally illiterate. Stupid sheep people are every where. Question authority and think for yourself. Find what matters to you..what pulls at your heart, what makes you passionate and go there with your time and energy. We just have to learn to cope with these people..but, you cannot educate them….I know, I have wasted a lot of energy trying…..
I call them “sheeple” because that is exactly what they are. They follow, all in a line, like good little sheep to the slaughter. You can’t talk to these people, they only know what the idiot box in their “living room” tells them, and they think the internet ends at emails and checking their bank accounts. They have no idea what is going on in the world and they don’t really want to know. When people like us try to open their eyes, we are the bad guy, the one that needs to be controlled. I have to talk to them at work, but when the whistle sounds and I’m on my own time I want nothing to do with them. I’m not being stuck up or anything, it’s just that we have nothing in common. So don’t waste you time on them. It will do you good in the long run.