Speak For Yourself

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There’s something that always irritates me and of course it happens every day and no matter how hard I try, I can’t avoid it. This occurs on every news channel and every politically oriented podcast (even some that aren’t particularly politically oriented). You’ve heard this too, even if you never watch or listen to anything that is the slightest political. For me it’s when, especially in politically oriented media, a person uses the phrase all Americans, or all of America. I always question how this is known. Is there a poll? Well, sometimes there’ll be a mention of a poll but I’ve never seen one where 100% of American voters, either registered or likely, agree on anything. There’s always going to be a majority of sorts, but none at 100%.

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Explaining Political Beliefs in Unrelated Subjects

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One fairly new activity for me is perusing YouTube. I was really amazed with all of the various videos on topics I never considered people would be spending time creating. From renovating homes to creating living spaces in vans, along with topics in hstory, archeology, and the various sciences. I’ve come to the conclusion that I really only need a single channel to view. Well, maybe not, but you get my point, right? there’s a lot out there that conforms, I believe, to everyone’s taste. Sure, for the majority of you, my “find” is old news. Well, I never claimed to e on top of verything around me. I am happy to find that the new mewdia sites are less of the usual. One thing I’ve found off-putting are people veering away from the purpose of their channel to make some political statement based on current events.

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Is Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism?

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mOf all the recent news, one story that has piqued my interest is that of Carrie Prejean Boller. Who’s that you ask? She’s a member(well, depending on a future outcome) of President Trumps Religious Liberty Commission who was “fired” from the commission by chairman and Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick for, well, supposed antisemitic statements. What was it Ms. Boller said that prompted this disagreeable charge? She simply questioned whether or not anti-Zionism is antisemitism. She said that as a Catholic, her faith did not require her to support Zionism. Not being Catholic, I have no idea what the Catholic church says about Zionism and frankly, I don’t care. I don’t want to turn this into an argument for or against Zionism, but instead, what constitutes religious freedom. One would think, however, that a commission on “religious liberty” would be agreeable to questions concerning anything that has to do with any religion. I guess not.

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What Was That You Said?

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I spend an obscene amount of time on social media. No, I’m not a “content creator” in that I spawn videos of topics I wish to draw attention. I an a peruser of those though as well as just regular folks, like me, that want to express a view, well, just because. I often find people that whole-heartedly agree with me and of course, some that do not. Thats okay because I don’t claim to always be right, but I need more than “you’re wrong” to begin rethinking any position. My social medium of choice is X, and has been for a long time. It’s interesting to get the take of so many people on subjects that, well, don’t really mean anything.

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Blog? What’s That?

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So, here I am, back at this blog I have for so long told myself that I as going to begin blogging again, yet, until now, failed to keep my own promise to myself. /one reason is clear/; laziness. Ys, I admit I am lazy and tend to procrastinate when can get away with it. This is nothing new, I’ve always been like this but in the past, when I added content to this site, sometimes five or six times a day, it was new and interesting and I’d occasionally receive feedback via comments that would make me want to continue.

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