why I think that being so politically correct is hurting our society...

as people, we learn in different ways. we learn from experience or we can learn from others' experiences. good or bad, right or wrong, hopefully those experiences can teach people or yourself how you want to do things the next time.

when i was a kid, (i am 28 now,) i was raised literally by a village. my village was my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, older cousins, family friends, and school people. i didn't have any personal business, everybody knew my business. everybody helped mold and shape me. and best believe, anybody could grab my butt up and whoop me if deemed necessary. the point i wanna make, is not so long ago i experienced a real community. and that community helped mold me...i do not see that at all today. we are a far more individualistic society. everything is..."i gotta do me." "i gotta get mines, u gotta get yours." and no one seems to really care about anyone else. it kinda feels like, by helping someone, you are in turn hurting yourself.

have you ever witnessed a baby drinking a Coke? a person with common sense knows that babies should NOT be drinking pop...but what do we do...NOTHING! you know why, 'cause that baby's mama will snap. we will not stop this wrong, because we are afraid of mama's reaction, though she may be hurting her child. we don't want to be nosy...basically to me, we just don't care.i am the type of person, if i see someone lifting weight wrong at the gym, i may give a friendly hint. or if kids are cussing in the hall, i will say something. or if i am on facebook i will vent about ignorance that i see. but i come off as abrasive, opinionated. i honestly think that if people DON'T speak up against ignorance, or ignore things that harm kids, or just quietly except BS...those are the people who do not care. the people who KNOW and choose to not SPEAK and help CHANGE things, are not helping. and this has helped create this "me, me, me" society that seems to be imploding.

anyone who has talked to me for any length of time, knows that i am passionate about a few things. i think that education and health are keys to a fruitful life. and i think that ignorance needs to be erradicated one dumb person at a time. they ought to be spotlighted, so that the next person can take it as a lesson to not be repeated. i think that a community is much stronger than the individual. i do not flip-flop in my stances, because my view points are anchored in MY values...like it or not, this is me. some folks may not like my delivery, but does that make my message any less true? instead of being emotional about what i write or my sometimes "flowery" language, hear my POV, and then inject yours. that kind of exchange is called communication...aint nothing wrong with that. i think that it is more dangerous to be quiet.