[捌] We the people have spoken against our endless war
I need whoever happens to read this dumb journal entry to realize something: Individuals can be stupid and to hold them up in any sort of pedestal is going to, more often than not, do more harm than good, both for them and to yourself. ---- And this isn't just because the default "Ignore celebrities" tool that I've grown more and more accustomed to deploying now that I'm on my mid-to-late 30's, but maybe just realize that artists, celebrities, influencers, etc are also human, and we humans can be really dumb. ---- Sure, humans being... well, human (in this specific case, meaning "kinda dumb"), can also be charming and make you go "Oh they just like me frfr!" and like that's fine. It's fine: You can still stan and/or enjoy whoever you like, just never become so incurious that you take what anybody recognizable says as gospel. ---- That's the whole idea behind the phrase "stay woke" that african-americans have been saying since the 1930's: Stay alert of racial-prejudice + racial discrimination. "Alert" being the opposite of incurious and ignorant. Be aware. Be awake. ---- Sure, I know that the term (mostly the word woke, in this case) has come to mean something else entirely in the 2010's and 2020's because language changes all the time, and I know that change can feel like it sucks, but it doesn't have to. Humans are all about being stubborn bastards who refuse to remain in obsolescence. ---- When something sucks, we don't just go "it is what it is". Fuck that shit. We work hard to make it stop sucking. Or to give way to people so that they can make it better. Anyway, keep yourselves safe out there and read ya' later!