Dear Pen Pal,
Will you be voting early? By mail? Doing any legwork?
I’m glad to be where I’m at for the election. I could hardly stand the things said around me during the last one. I’ve grown more tolerant with political differences, and the lines that draw my preferences have become much more obscure. I simply wish that we rotated more parties, or maybe leader-swapped with Europe once in a while to make a different reality TV show.
I have a very loved friend that can talk about aliens running the government, liberal child-trafficking rings and the Apocalypse in the same breath that he proposes our current leader, appointed by God, is fixing everything wrong with this world — everything, of course, except all of that.
I love the idea of different flavors in office. And I wish we had a wider spectrum of women, too. I don’t understand why we can’t educate and take care of each other, and I wish the lines weren’t so murky when it comes to hate and speech.
I’m for people’s ability to be as weird as they want to, but also for respecting people’s need to not. I can’t imagine imposing my beliefs on anyone, but I think not everyone is capable of being socially conscious, and shouldn’t be penalized for living how they want.
And then there’s the part of me that sees an invasive organism ruining homeostasis, and would tell an algorithm to save the earth at all costs. So there’s a lot of conflict for me between being human and being responsible, and between letting some enjoy freedom or offering life for all.
In any case, the constant is change, and the laws of organization require chaos to evolve. I mention all this because you offered me a glimpse of how you’ll be voting–and I think that exercising your right to vote certainly rocks.
Also, I enjoy these little conversations…
Hope you’re having a wonderful day,
Patrick