Protector

After taking my sweet time in deciding on what to advocate as far as my public advocacy goes, I have decided to side with the Anti-Litter cause. I had a couple of other ideas like, the Endangered Species cause, and the Population Control cause. But especially on the latter cause I figured not that many people would get involved. I choose Anti-Litter because I really dispise litterbugs. There is no reason for littering. We have to take care of our environment and the Earth as best as we possibly can. Otherwise it will fall back on us, when we need it the most. I'm a firm advocate for protecting the environment. And so I will advocate the Anti-Litter cause.

R.A.

For those of you who are reading, how many of you have a set religious and/or political affialtion(s). Probably 75 percent or so of you. It’s no myth that many people have some affiliation to a religious or political norm, whether it be republican or democrat, or Catholic or Muslim. But there are always a few in the minority who don’t necessarily have a set affilation to a religious group or a political party. There are those few who have more individuality in those regards. Those few in that minority are usually seen as the eccentric or the outcast, or even the radical. Even so they may be seen as radicals at times, for their outlandish or liberal views, they are usually the ones who make a revolutionary change, or a Kantian turn in modern norms and contemporary schools of thought. These individuals don’t always have to be world renowned even to make a massive change in lives of just a few other individuals. As eccentrically modest it sounds, I like to consider myself among the few and far in between individuals in this category of individualism. I also find it funny that you can in a way try categorizing individuality; anyways, back to the meaning.

Usually political and religious factions will try to coax you into only believing their ‘truths’ over the ‘truths’ of other religious and political factions. So because of this I try to situtate myself on the fringe. If you can take in and learn the ‘truths’ and concepts behind every faction you can start to see the ‘truth’ in all of them. Of course, I’m not trying to beg the question, I’m not saying that there even is a actual ‘truth’. To assume that there was, is to assume that there is only one right path. Which ironically I believe there I more than one right path, more than one right ‘truth’. My childhood religious and political affiliations would have me live a life mediocrity and excruciating monotony. But that’s not my style. They would have you follow tradition instead of encouraging creative freedom.

There are more instances than I can count that I have on occasion been the odd man out in a conversation concerning modern views. People don’t usually have a problem with my liberalism or eccentric nature, but they usually don’t take it seriously. I’m not going to point out any specific instances considering there have been so many. I also don’t want to make any of my theories or ideas the focus of this, simply because that’s not what I’m here to say.
My childhood religious affiliation also wished for the petition of a particular bill in Congress. I’ll withhold the petition’s purpose because it is an extremely touchy subject. Nevertheless, I neglected to say sign the petitiion on the fact that their motives were fundamentally selfish. They weren’t wrong in their motives, but they also weren’t thinking about the big picture. They weren’t thinking about the inevitable consequences from their actions. They believe they are just and right and in their decisions, because it is what’s been programmed into them since more than thousands of years ago. The church sometimes tends to live in the past, thinking that what was good for society back in the day, would still work now. But things change. Ergo they should change with the tide. Sometimes the status quo has to change, whether it be drastic or not, on the grounds that it would be ultimately beneficial for the whole; not just the individual. It’s unfortunate that many people in the surrounding majority tend to be not necessarily ‘brainwashed’, but the seem to be contently deceived by other people’s ideaologies. Of course, that therein begs the question of my validity and sincerity, but I assure you I’m not saying that my way of individuality, going off the beaten path is for everybody. Everyone is different, which is why it makes sense to be true to ourselves. But on the other hand it feels most invigorating and comfortable to be apart of the majority, the conventional group. In my opinion though, I would rather be uncomfortable than follow the rest of the pack.

It may not seem like my message is that clear, but when it comes down to it really is just that clairvoyant. Go your own way. It’s as simple as that. People just need to think for themselves more often. Rather than follow someone else’s preconvictions. That’s what I strive to achieve. That makes me the individual that I am. Just being myself, just being an individual.

AUTOE

I myself have particapated in a few public spheres of discourse. I have almost signed a petition for a bill in Congress. I have also voted in the presidential election for 2008. The consequences of these actions vary. Even though minute, they do have an impact, I believe anyways. I think in retrospect I should probably have been more involved. I've come to realize many things over the past couple of years that I never realized before about life in general. One thing is taking action. And that every action truly has a counteraction and a reaction. I think getting involved in one's community is one of the greater achievements that one can hope to strive for.