Don't hate.

I know it's only a primary election day, but I need to get this off my chest.

Why is it that elections make everyone lose their marbles? And I'm not taking this lightly. No joke, EVERYONE LOSES THEIR WHOLE BAG OF MARBLES. {And their brain in the process.} I pride myself in the fact that I don't get worked up about elections.

Don't get me wrong; I think voting is awesome. I love voting. Everyone should vote. But I think the world would be a better place if everyone didn't want to kill everyone when an election comes around. People freak out about the dumbest things. My favorite lately is the whole thing with Best Buy and Target endorsing some guy from Minnesota who is anti-LGBT (Sometimes A, depending who you ask).

OMG LET'S BOYCOTT THEM.

Let's be serious. You are not going to boycott Best Buy and Target. That will last for about a week.

Let's get something straight here. I'm all about same sex marriage. I fully support all of my LGBTA friends. I'm not any of those things, but I think you should be able to do what you want. I would love for same sex marriage to become legal in this country. I understand people get mad about it. That's great. You have a right to get mad.

But boycotting Best Buy and Target? Not going to happen. A lot of straight nerds shop at Best Buy. It's not going down.

And if we get real for a minute, just because they support this guy does NOT mean that they are anti-LGBTA, same sex marriage, etc. I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons they endorsed this guy. And if they endorse him because of that, so what? Everyone's entitled to their views, just like the people who got angry about it.

It just blows my mind that people who want equality and want peace and blah blah turn around and hate on everybody else. And I'm not specifically targeting this situation. It's the same thing with religion (and many other things). We preach tolerance, but at the same time, many religions will go around and blast other religions because "they're not Christian" or "they don't follow Islam." It goes on and on.

Maybe if everyone just sat down and listened to both sides, we wouldn't hate each other. There are good sides to every argument, but if people actually cared, we'd all be friends.

Not trying to say I'm perfect here, and that I do everything I just whined about, but I try. Practice what you preach. It'll make the world a better place, just like everybody wants.



"I hate the idea that someone out there hates me. I even hate thinking that Al-Qaeda hates me. I think if they got to know me, they wouldn't hate me. But Karen knows me and she still hates me, so..." - Pam