the ramlings of
Jangrizzle on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
It's interesting that the human mind automatically simplifies all arguments into black and white: good vs. evil, up vs. down, red vs. blue. It's as if we can't comprehend a "gray area" where both sides have to actually work together, try to understand each other, and come up with a common solution.
In most issues and conflicts, I try to make an effort to understand all opposing viewpoints. In the process of doing that, I usually end up alienating both sides. Liberals call me conservative, and conservatives call me liberals. Religious people think I'm "out there," and "secular" people think I'm some sort of religious fanatic. That means I'm probably exactly where I need to be,and where my Prophet (PBUH) advised me to be: on the middle path.
I think this human state we are in is simply a product of years of conditioning. While we argue and hate each other over the most trivial of issues, we lose sight of the plight that we are all in. Instead of banding together and using our strength in numbers, we are divided and distracted. We obsess over these actors that we call politicians. We argue till our face turns blue about gay marriage, LeBron vs Jordan, Selena vs Miley, Democrats vs Republicans...and we forget that we can actually work together and change things for the better.
It's all a distraction, man.