freedom to not think

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought

which they seldom use.”

                                                                         Søren Kierkegaard

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One can only take so much ignorance

I will choose to call it ignorance

Because stupidity seems too strong

 But I am not too sure

Einstein once said “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;

 and I'm not sure about the universe.”

Maybe it is just that Facebook makes us dumber

Or perhaps all  these left wing, right wing web sites

But seriously people

Obama is not Satan

Trump is not a good business man

The GOP did not protect people with pre-existing conditions

The Democrats don’t have a clue about how to run a campaign, or challenge the far right

It’s a mess out there

And people (including myself)

Spout off regularly about things they don’t understand

Be quit, and be thought a fool

Or post a status and remove all doubt

I am angry today at those who believe the spin the GOP put on this abomination call the

American Health Care Act

Give Money to the Insurance Company’s Health Act is more like it

I am tired of people who only one issue

Abortion for example

And are willing to commit all sorts of atrocities against women because

Abortion

Cut women’s health care

Cut aid to single mothers

Cut health care for kids

Cut education

Cut programs to treat addiction and mental illness

Cut programs that prevent pregnancy

But for God’sakes, don’t allow abortions

Perhaps, if all the other things were funded

There we not be a need for abortions

And those children, not aborted would have a chance at life

Instead of being doomed to a living hell

If I hear one more pious asshole rejoice because

Defunding Planned Parenthood saves all those babies

I’ll puke

Women need healthcare

Planned Parenthood does way more than abortions

And NO federal dollars ever funded an abortion

I am not a fan of abortion

But I believe in the right to choose

More than that, I believe women need access to reproductive health

The left is almost as bad

As it doubles down and acts much like the right

Unable to moderate, compromise

Talking points abound

I could go on and on

I could rant and rave

But I will take a deep breath

Try to connect with that sacred one within

And turn

And do what I care about

Helping people

And I will try really hard

Not to be freaked out

By the thoughtless

Ideologically blind

Stuff

That comes from left and right

I will try to walk the way of Christ

It is all I

Can do

Peace