Rant girl, Rant.

OTHER
ˈʌðə/
verb
gerund or present participle: othering
  1. view or treat (a person or group of people) as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself

I want to dabble a bit on people who insist on blindly and willfully ostracizing other people.

Speaking as a person who enjoys almost nothing more than meeting new people,
i find it absolutely silly (we don't use this word enough) to be walking around with a "stank" face, thinking that the world owes you something!
Grow up, 
WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THAT.

Here's the thing about "othering" people when you live in a planet that has 6 billion (and counting) OTHER people in it :

It's pointless,
it's just as time consuming and useless as teaching old people how to play 30 seconds,
It's just as draining as reading the comment section of the News 24 website,
and,
It just makes no sense.
Obviously we're all different, 
that's the whole thing about being a singular human being, 
Yes you owe some lineage to your creators,
 and next of kin etc,
 (who do of course help shape your mind), 
but you essentially come into this world alone,
And then you die alone.
 (Morbid I know, but I'm tryna make a point here)

So surely in between you should be practicing some independence?
Starting with the way you think!

The problem with letting other people think for you is that,
 you land up blindly doing things "just cause". 
You hold no accountability for your own life and your own actions because,
 when the blind lead the blind there seems to be a noticeable absence of responsibility.
I've noticed that with cults and other brain washing enthusiasts 
(yes, we're all thinking the same thing),
The leader proposes something, the followers follow, things go wrong, the leader "disappears" or "commits suicide" and then those followers are left on some "sorry about that (all the killing) but uh, let's move on". 
Uh. No!
once again, WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THAT.
If maybe you had practiced some individual thinking,
 you would not have allowed yourself to believe in something that unjustifiably and recklessly harms or kills other people.
This is on you, your willful ignorance and your poor judgement. 

and Maybe,
just Maybe if you had thought about what you were about to do before you did it,
you wouldn't have to apologize for being ______________.                        .
(i'll let you fill in the blank)
a) RACIST
b) XENOPHOBIC
c) HOMOPHOBIC
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE (and more)

Keep your apology, 
i want you to think for yourself,
and STOP being sheep to these foolish, dehumanizing and illogical movements.




If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
Peter Marshall



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