6/12/2021 De-Stigmatize
In the world we live in now, we can only act naturally when no one else is around. More specifically, we can only be silly and take creative risks when we are alone. Maybe around those closest to us, but even then, it must be done with tact and proper timing, or else you will fall flat before their raised eyebrows. It's not so much the falling flat that keeps us from being ourselves as much as it's the raised eyebrows.
I think what's even more sad than living that way in this world is that while we are all imprisoned in such a fashion, we are all simultaneously holding the keys to the prison cells that hold others. Everyone's doing it to everyone.. So why are we all doing this to each other? I think it's widespread, well-ingrained mental illness. The powers of denial and repression can be extremely strong. You could go your whole life thinking you are one thing but acting like another. In fact, I know a great many people like this, not only that, but I used to be one of them! So I think that denial and repression are tools we use to exclude ourselves from the "jailer" role and cement ourselves in solely the role of "victim." How is it, though, that each and every one of us is a victim of the oppression that prevents us from being ourselves, full out, in public, yet none of us is an oppressor? Something just doesn't add up there. So the only logical answer is that we are universally insane and using denial and repression to block out that which we do not wish to see in ourselves: that we are also the oppressors, sustaining this drab and suffocating way of life. Most people will read this and agree, and say "yes! This happens to me!" But their mental illness won't let them complete that thought. They won't look at the full picture which reveals the fact that they, too, are oppressive while being oppressed. You are in a state of denial if you don't believe you are guilty of this. No one wants to admit their faults, and therein lies our problem. So long as this willful denial continues, we will remain in hell. The choice is entirely yours. On the flipside, while a rare few people might look at themselves and be willing to admit to their oppressive, bigoted, prejudiced, malicious behavior, it is even rarer still that any one of them actually makes a stand and says, "I refuse." "I won't participate anymore, this is hell, and our only way out is to change." ...and then making the fucking effort to change. Some of the most stingey, closed-off, narrow-minded bastards I know are the ones who insist they are the most open-minded and accepting. And if you think you aren't one of them, think again. Then think again. One thing I've heard one of them say in reference to another of them is, "He'd give you the shirt off his back," but the truth is: he'd give you the shirt off his back then turn around and pay the salaries of the cronies who took your shirt in the first place. You see, in order to make the change, you have to be unwilling to support the system of belief, which includes the government, that upholds and enforces this behavior and mindset. When you stop supporting that system, and I know this from 14 years of experience, you get kicked out of your home, your belongings literally chucked out of your dwelling where the vulture-neighbors ransack it for loot, you are potentially arrested, but if you have a little money, they'll let you go. After they let you go, they leave you to die, and in some cases actually try to expedite that process, death. If you're lucky, you might have some relatives with wealth willing to set you up with some supplies so that you might live in a tent in the forest, but even then, you are scraping the bottom if dumpsters for food and wearing clothes until they are literally hanging from your body in tatters. We know this because we conceive, commission, pay for, and run the system that does this. No one wants to be treated this way, so they stay in line, upholding the oppressive principles that keep their very selves in shackles. So by all means, continue living your life in those chains. You'll never be yourself, you'll never realize your full potential. You can put that key in the lock and turn it. You can de-stigmatize yourself. You can take the creative risk, and you can allow others to do the same. I hope you do, but I don't think you will, but I don't pity you, for you are the one holding the key. Comments are closed.
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