don't be e-stranger

“ 'Strange' is merely an uptight term for 'misunderstood' ” (Flip by David Lubar)

Before reading this I couldn't comprehend for the life of me why anyone would aspire to become a politician. What was even more puzzling were those who took their aspiration and went on to ignore all sense of reason, all the heavy tomes of history telling them in gravelly dusty voices to do something else with their lives, and actually became politicians. But now instead of thinking of them as boring people with no life and have an innate need to create chaos, I have taken on a new perspective.

How many of us have entertained the thought of fame at some point in our lives? All humans have a desire to be recognized. Have you ever thought what it would feel like to be renown celebrity? How it would feel to Google your name and have the whole page fill up with websites other than ones that try to convince you to sign up for social networks such as Linkedin and Facebook?

Why do you think people blow up buildings or murder children? Don't be so quick to judge. They want attention just as much as the next one. Unfortunately, no one taught them proper social etiquette so they might have veered a tad and chosen the road less traveled. Condemning them for being brainwashed or having a hard childhood is a more reasonable way to respond to society's indulgence in crime.

Don't look at people with mental illnesses as aliens just because you can't understand where they're coming from. They're crying out for someone to take notice of them, to listen to what they have to say, to lend them a shoulder to lean on. Instead we exile them, placing them in hospitals, sending them pitying looks through the post and talk about them in third person when their standing two feet away.

Homosexuals. Vegans. Circus performers. Homeless. Why do people make such a fuss? Is society's immune system so weak that it can't stand anything but a plate of stereotypical with a side of normal? It's as if we reject anything that rocks the boat even a tad. Calling all humans! The boat was made to be rocked. Embrace the movement of the waves and make an effort to understand where Spitzer and Weiner were coming from.

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