July 11, 2015
Clean-up day for the most part. Ate some burgers. Had an argument about Kyung regarding gay rights. I just find “it’s how I grew up” to be such a weak argument/justification for why someone believes the things they believe... and I’m not sure why. Maybe because it seems to deprive individuals of their own agency and curiosity and pursuit of knowledge, but also because it seems... ignorant? I can understand if people get to a certain stance based on their own feelings, intuitions, experiences, and knowledge... but to believe something because, essentially, others have told you to, just seems kind of weak. It was a pretty intense argument. He asked me why I’m so defensive over it, because it’s not like I’m gay myself... to which I say, compassion does need to be self-serving.











