I'm startin with the man in the mirror.... I'm asking him to change his ways.

I'm toying with this crazy idea... I call it "appreciation." See we've been preaching tolerance in this country for the last few decades, and it's made as much a difference as it possibly could. But, I think, in order to move our global society, our human race as a singular consciousness, to the next level... we need to learn to appreciate one another for our differences. It's not good enough to "try not to hate" other cultures or ways of life, it's time to appreciate what we all bring to the table.


Each one of us is different, even from people in our own culture. We all have our sick fetishes and weird turn ons. I want you all to know that it's ok. I'm cool with the weird shit you're into... hell I might even be into it too. Far too often I've stumbled onto some weird sexual shit on the interwebs (or going into the wrong hotel room) that I never knew existed... and I still get that all too familiar stirring in my pants. So I understand if you're into scratching and clawing, or barking like a dog, or dressing up like Bugs Bunny just to get that extra hot nut. I don't judge people's quirks, and I think if we lived in a more appreciative society, we could actually be open about those inner-freaks.


And it's not even like it has to be sexual. I hate a show, you love a show, maybe there's something I'm missing... maybe there's a critisism you hadn't before considered. I'm just saying, the future is in your hand, and play with your squishy. It's an all too familiar idea and I'm trying to relate this to you on an inter-subjective plane. Unfortunately you can't see through the words of a website into the eyes of my soul, so we can't connect on that level through this medium. All I can do is hope to stir up some kind of mutual feeling in you...my reader...and at this point... my friend... because let's face it, you're the only ones with which I feel comfortable sharing this shit.

But when I say we have to appreciate, I mean that we have to understand and connect the kind of enjoyment we get from the arts and the entertainment and the culture that we relate to; it's the same kind of enjoyment that others get from those with which they relate. You don't have to like hip hop culture, but you should appreciate that it is art and expression at the very least. The emotions expressed are the same, we all have our outlets.

This was a raw draft I pulled up from months ago, but I liked the idea of it while reading it over. I'll return to the concept more eloquently later, when I have more time.
Death to the Dictatorship.