Be afraid. Be a very reasonable amount of afraid.
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Be afraid. Be a very reasonable amount of afraid.

It’s a strange transition to watch, people losing their objectivity, becoming so oblivious to the outside world as their lives inevitably collapse into the tiny, situational microcosms of their existence. You can view it happening to others, but you can never truly grasp when it is happening to you, and, of course, it is, to [...]

When we are forced to recognize the boundaries of our rights in order to protect other people’s rights the way we’ve always forced others to compromise for our overreach, we begin to see how ugly our behavior has always been. Some of us accept the fault, change, and move forward, some cannot and cling to [...]

At this point, I honestly don’t fault anyone for feeling any way about anything. We all react differently to society’s obvious ills. We've all been inundated with rhetoric hypnosis. However, I do find it difficult to see people with drastic mindsets, (people who should be the most accepting by virtue of feeling so entitled to [...]

Don’t do it. Don’t hate people for being manipulated in a different way than you’ve been manipulated. Trust that we all have been. Know that we can all be wrong, and empathize with one another for that reason. This should be our mantra. It will not be easy. It may even be impossible. I’m the [...]