I’m A Millennial And I’m Sorry

Well… not really. I’ve been saying it for years, but this video, which itself is a few years old, sums up my every thought on the way my generation is perceived and treated by older generations.

It’s funny, actually. I got into a textual shouting match with my Freshman roommate’s father on Facebook. And yes, this went about as well as you imagine.

Basically, he was (and likely still is) on the side of those weird, hateful vagabonds “boycotting” Target over their inclusive bathroom policy. My argument was fairly simple (and one I wish I had screencapped before he deleted the post): let people be. It’s not like anyone is so creepy as to take advantage of kids or whatever in public bathrooms. No. That’s more likely to happen in private homes and with people you know than with strangers in public. 

Oh, but he just wasn’t having it. I’m a “stupid kid” who doesn’t know anything about the world while he had a house, a lifelong job and a family by age 20 in 1976.

I won’t reiterate the argument put forth in this great video. It’s all there. We got the short end of the stick, but you know what? We’re still doing better than the aging, dying, thankless folks that came before us.

Much love,

-M

Have You Spoken With Your Children…

About the harmful effects and potential terror that can be wrought by organized religion?

In all seriousness, I pick on religion a fair bit. But pay mind, I don’t call out people who are religious; but rather institutions that seek to maintain the status quo using their god or gods as a reason.

Remember: for more than a thousand years, people simply could not question the church. They were a social, political and military power in dozens of nations. Now, I can question that terrible things various churches do from the privacy of my own room.

Until next time,

-M

Describe Conservatism In Ten Words

A modern belief that some people just aren’t worth it.

Until next time,

-M

You Can’t Do The Right Thing, Morality Will Collapse

But we can declare war on drugs, terrorism and the poor and not watch civil liberties collapse.

Until next time,

-M

I wish all CEOs were like this

This guy is pretty cool. I want to believe that if I ran a successful business, that I’d have the mental fortitude and strength of character to pay myself something reasonable and live like an ordinary man.

Until next time,

-M

Erased

It seems like a long time ago, but it really wasn’t. You remember the, cough cough, incident at UC Davis, right? Well as it turns out, the university attempted to scrub that particular stain from the internet to the tune of almost 200,000 dollars.

Now, now. This is the age of information, guys. You can’t just ‘erase’ something from the internet. Now, filling the internet, various databased and indexes with cool UC Davis stuff is all well and good; but never forget what happened there and never forget why it matters.

These campuses belong to students. This nation belongs to the young people growing here right now and who are going to inherit everything it has to offer in the natural course of time. Remember those times when leaders and institutions forgot that and remember that they can’t hide from us anymore.

Until next time.

-M

Summarizing Trump 2016

Pretty much this:

Until next time,

-M

Welcome to Conservative Economics 101

I guess it could be worse.

Deregulation of the economy, elected officials and their nepots (or worse, their wealthy patrons) and the lack of faith we have in other human beings has us believing that the economy is constantly in the toilet. The economy isn’t the problem, it’s the people abusing it.

I’m not talking about you and I, us hourly wage workers just making enough to pay rent and, maybe, eat out once in a while. I mean the private university that charges 6% more tuition each year; the hospital that will hit your insurance for eight grand to set a bone; the CEO that gave himself a Christmas bonus worth more than your house, car and life’s wages combined; the billionaire hiding his money overseas to avoid taxes; and worse: the billionaire running for President telling you it’s not his fault that you’re surrounded by scared, hateful and armed people.

Buy American, vote for the guy promoting resolution to internal conflict, and remember that escapism in trying to blame someone else for your problems isn’t going to fix anything.

Until next time,

-M

Ted Cruz Kippah?

I’m not really sure how I feel about the idea of the Cruz 2016 yarmulke. It just reminds me of my time at the Jewish middle school my mother made me go to and being the only person in the entire school, student or teacher, who didn’t want George W. Bush to win the 2004 election.

Until next time,

-M

For All

You know, I’ve never been particularly secretive about my distaste for organized religion. Or maybe I have and I just offended a bunch of people. If I’ve offended you, please feel free to berate be in the comment section.

But really, I don’t want to offend anyone. It’s just that we’re so easily P.Oed these days that I can’t even listen to my favorite band in the car without someone next to me a a stop-light yelling -really yelling- at me to “turn off that fucking devil-worshipping trash.”

No, really. That happened the other day on my way home from work. It was one of the most surreal moments I think I’ve ever experienced. I honestly didn’t think people thought that was anymore. I mean: yes, maybe my music is a little loud; and yes, maybe it’s Marilyn Manson and the point is shock and awe… but for someone to call it devil-worshipping trash and to swear at me in public that way? It shocks and awes me.

Anywho, I’ll just leave you with the advice that I once attempted to impart on an uber-religious friend’s mother in the last year of high school: I respect that you have religious beliefs, so please respect that I don’t.

Best wishes,

-M