People who do not "get it"

Monday, June 19, 2006

I find myself at a loss these days when confronted by people who just do not "get it".

By "get it", I am referring to individuals who bury their heads in the sand and who refuse to open their eyes.I certainly do not want to take a "more knowledgeable than thou" posture, but, it is evident that people like these have no interest in how the world affects their lives and families and careers.

Equally as exasperating are friends and aquaintances who insist that we must support Bush and his crones, must fight terrorism wherever it raises its ugly head, and must sacrifice our freedoms in order to attain security. They use that cliche..."when you are dead, you have no freedom"

How do you respond to those of this ilk when you know that conversing with them is as effective as talking to the walls?

Unfortunately,living in the rural south, these two mindsets seem to prevail...those who refuse to think and those whose thinking is radically amiss.

I keep hoping that the dust will fall from their eyes and that they will, at some point, see the light.

I have an instructor who firmly believes that Anne Coulter has a valid point. She is, obviously, not ignorant; yet, she has bought into this house of cards the current administration has built and cannot be dissuaded, even by persuasive and cogent discussion, from swallowing this stuff.

Again, living in the rural south, the intolerance towards the GLBT community abounds. In this case, it is not possible to blame them for head in the sand syndrome. No, they espouse a hatred that belies their puffed up sanctimony. Every day, my local paper contains one of these vitriolic diatribes, particularly on the heels of the Southern Baptist convention in Greensboro, NC.

I can only hope that they will come to understand that such intolerance, bigotry and hatred are not very Christian in nature.

Until that day, I will continue to persuade and cajole these recalcitrant individual. Perhaps they will, some day, find it within them to broaden their perspectives.

trickster108