Day 152 - I lean to the right
Spoiler: this photo contains political speech. I lean to the right. If you are upset at that very thought, chances are that you will wish you hadn't read what I am writing. Ergo, hit back on your browser and move to your next contact. Or hit the next photo in my stream.
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In recent days I have been witness to some pretty amazing political photos. I don't want to comment on them, because I don't share the views expressed. It isn't that I don't want to engage the posters in discussion, because that isn't it. I simply don't want to put a negative vibe in their photostream. I don't own their stream so I don't feel I have the right to pollute it.
Thing is, these are people that I like and want to have as friends. The last thing I want to do is make them angry, but that's what happens when you challenge someone's religion.
And make no mistake, the views they express can properly be called a religion. Why? Because it takes real faith to adopt the positions expressed. You have to actively ignore evidence to the contrary or perhaps fall under the giddy spell of a political evangelist. You have to feel more than you think to hold many of these positions.
Like I said, I lean to the right, but it isn't because I am a fundamentalist Christian wacko — although I am. I lean to the right because I have made considered decisions as to what my positions are, and then discovered that the right is more closely aligned with me than the left.
I am just saying, dear friends, that I am sometimes frustrated and disheartened by your photos. I see them, but I won't comment because your comment box is not where I want to engage you. If you see your view count tick up without comments being left, maybe it is me coming to visit.
Yes, I still love your art, but I don't want to validate your views by saying "great photo".
This is my one hundred fifty second photo for 365 Days.
20 April 2007
Day 152 - I lean to the right
Spoiler: this photo contains political speech. I lean to the right. If you are upset at that very thought, chances are that you will wish you hadn't read what I am writing. Ergo, hit back on your browser and move to your next contact. Or hit the next photo in my stream.
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In recent days I have been witness to some pretty amazing political photos. I don't want to comment on them, because I don't share the views expressed. It isn't that I don't want to engage the posters in discussion, because that isn't it. I simply don't want to put a negative vibe in their photostream. I don't own their stream so I don't feel I have the right to pollute it.
Thing is, these are people that I like and want to have as friends. The last thing I want to do is make them angry, but that's what happens when you challenge someone's religion.
And make no mistake, the views they express can properly be called a religion. Why? Because it takes real faith to adopt the positions expressed. You have to actively ignore evidence to the contrary or perhaps fall under the giddy spell of a political evangelist. You have to feel more than you think to hold many of these positions.
Like I said, I lean to the right, but it isn't because I am a fundamentalist Christian wacko — although I am. I lean to the right because I have made considered decisions as to what my positions are, and then discovered that the right is more closely aligned with me than the left.
I am just saying, dear friends, that I am sometimes frustrated and disheartened by your photos. I see them, but I won't comment because your comment box is not where I want to engage you. If you see your view count tick up without comments being left, maybe it is me coming to visit.
Yes, I still love your art, but I don't want to validate your views by saying "great photo".
This is my one hundred fifty second photo for 365 Days.
20 April 2007