| | I can include myself in this subject. People are
apathetic. There's so much going on right now that we're not even
thinking about on an every day basis...and we need to be doing so. Our
rights are being violated and if we aren't careful, they'll be taken
away. I'm scared of where this place is going... it's going downhill
quick. And I'm fearful of the day when saying that will result in jail
time... or worse. We all love our "freedom" so much, yet we aren't
doing anything to protect it on the "homefront." We spend so much time acknowledging the problems of others that we ignore our own... or maybe we do so just to keep our own from becoming obvious. I know this all
sounds rather extreme, and it is, but it also all seems plausible.
Think about how much our country has changed since you were 10, 15
even. That's been 7-12 years ago for me, and I can honestly say that I
don't think we've changed for the better.
So that's where apathy
comes in, and I'd like to suggest that the internet's popularity growth
has had everything to do with it. You can email your congressman, you
can sign an online petition (and I am not saying that these are bad
actions in any way), yet that's not as powerful as making a real public
statement. Part of the beauty in true protest is the risk involved;
it's the passion that results from that risk.
And here's what
really sucks: I'm guilty of the online petitioning, but not near guilty
enough of the real stuff. I suppose true change starts at home.
How ironic is it that I blogged this?
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