Because those that mind don't matter
And those that matter don't mind
(Dr Seuss)
Not easy words to live up to in a world where intolerance of another's viewpoint is the norm. It has always been acceptable to jeer at free thinkers and alternative ideas, without the slightest regard or respect for that person's feelings or point of view, and particularly without any attempt at healthy discourse. It is considered the right thing to dismiss anything that doesn't follow the mainstream as conspiracy, hogwash, airy fairy, tinfoil hat brigade and just plain weird.
Yet these are the people who petition for the voiceless, the animals, the planet, the common good and encourage peace, hope, love and tolerance.
It is difficult to find the right words to convey the umbrage taken at this attempt to deny someone the right to their own opinion or free will, which is the hallmark of the human species, and judge them unfit in some way.
I wonder who will have the last laugh, if there will be any laughter left in a world fast becoming humourless and judgmental.
Not easy words to live up to in a world where intolerance of another's viewpoint is the norm. It has always been acceptable to jeer at free thinkers and alternative ideas, without the slightest regard or respect for that person's feelings or point of view, and particularly without any attempt at healthy discourse. It is considered the right thing to dismiss anything that doesn't follow the mainstream as conspiracy, hogwash, airy fairy, tinfoil hat brigade and just plain weird.
Yet these are the people who petition for the voiceless, the animals, the planet, the common good and encourage peace, hope, love and tolerance.
It is difficult to find the right words to convey the umbrage taken at this attempt to deny someone the right to their own opinion or free will, which is the hallmark of the human species, and judge them unfit in some way.
I wonder who will have the last laugh, if there will be any laughter left in a world fast becoming humourless and judgmental.
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