What is the big scary in 2025? Some of you probably have guessed correctly... politics. I don't discuss my political or religious beliefs often, but sometimes I just have something to say that I can't help but blog about. This is a conversation in good faith, so please don't bring bad-faith arguments into the comment sections or my inbox. I block and delete hate and lies without a second thought.
Most anyone who knows me in my personal life knows that I am a left-leaning person. I believe that people of color deserve the same rights, respect, and lives as anyone else. I believe that immigrating to America should be easy and extremely common. I believe that women should be allowed to have abortions or whatever other healthcare they want. I believe that gay and trans people deserve to live their lives without being attacked or belittled. I believe in the separation of church and state. I believe the prison system is just the newest form of slavery, which is why more POC are incarcerated. I believe that marijuana should be legal federally. I believe that we need socialized medicine and a universal basic income. Call me a dirty liberal or a socialist all you like, I care about humanity. All of these things benefit humanity.
Now here's where I'm going to lose some of you. I like guns, I do not want my handgun taken away because it keeps me safe. I don't think people under eighteen need to have permanent surgeries, hormones are fine in most cases. Haircuts and clothing changes are absolutely important. Children don't need to make permanent changes to their bodies. We don't allow kids to get tattoos, so I think waiting until adulthood to get gender-affirming surgeries is reasonable. I also do not care for people using very weird pronouns (fae/fe as an example). I'm all for he/him, she/her, they/them. I can even get on board with xe/xir, but I think trying to escape reality too much is a sign of some serious mental health issues. I don't care for cancel culture at all. It's gone too far. Everyone is human, everyone makes mistakes. Cancel culture has lost all meaning, and we need to stop. I don't think anyone under sixteen should have access to social media/the internet. It's extremely damaging to young minds. I do think entitlement is a huge problem in today's culture, and because of how the media has treated Gen Z and Millennials it's something that won't be easily fixed. No one owes us anything. Everyone still has to operate in the world today, whether they like it or not. Mental illness isn't an excuse for everything.
Okay, so we've pretty much established that both sides have every reason in the world to hate me. But you know what, that's the whole point. EVERYONE has feelings like this. The world is not a black-and-white place. Two things can be true at the same time. Most people have very complicated lives and beliefs. If we treated each other more kindly, the world would be a much better place. In my real life, as I move through the world I rarely ever have bad interactions with people. Because I treat everyone with respect and kindness, even if I don't agree with them. There will always be hateful and horrible people, but if we spent more time looking for the good in others and less time trying to pick them apart I think we'd find we all have more similarities than differences. We all want to be able to afford rent and groceries, we all want to feel safe, and we all want our families to be safe. Let's focus on what we share, and work toward those goals instead of letting the rich people and the media tear us even further apart. Someday we will need our communities to survive.
Cancel me if you want to, but it won't stop me from continuing to be kind to everyone I come across.
Taila Out.
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