Let's be real

Listening to the the news in my car today, I realized that I don't trust people who become complacent, or use the excuse, "That's the way it's always been."

Those people scare me, because it seems to me that this is an excuse not to keep learning, not to keep looking for better ways, or not seeing corruption in systems that are not really working.

It is possible to be cute, sweet, lovable and not stereotypically dumb.

When nostalgia is your only frame of reference you are both in trouble and a danger to those around you.

Otherwise we might still be living in caves, dying before forty and suffering from rickets or scurvy, or polio.  We  might be slaves, or falsely accused, or scape goats, or kept out of institutions of higher learning.

Accepting disenfranchisement because that's the way it's always been done leaves our poorest, youngest and sickest at the mercy of money hungry individuals who hide our dirty little secrets from us so we can feel good about ourselves while they do the bad things in our name.

I don't believe you are innocent if you are aware that the wrong things are happening and do nothing. You are just as guilty as the person who is more directly involved.  Maybe not always in the eyes of the law, but certainly in the eyes of whatever higher power you believe in, or yourself.

We each need to do our tiny part to protect each other from abuse, whether that be from families, governments, or those proverbial "bad guys." And you can't do that if you run around pretending the world is one big happy sitcom.

The chasm between over reacting and doing nothing is what keeps so many people unfairly suffering.