** Color, Pic & Quote Change **

I figured this month I would pay tribute to the Second Amendment ... the one that ensures all the others .... but sadly is not favored in Pop Politics today ...

So, as it is already a bit late at night for me, I will write no rant, only a few simple statements that should help snap you out of the clutches of Pop Political Brainwashing:

Nowadays, the majority of people can be relatively easily convinced that a statement of Truth is a message of Hate ...

The First Amendment protects the speech of not only those with whom you agree but those with whom you disagree as well ...

Words should not be feared ....

Your Government can be wrong ... no human institution can be free from error ... and it is the ones that try to convince you they are that you should look out for ....

Good people own guns too (thankfully)....

Close-mindedly embracing a viewpoint popularly categorized as "open-minded" does not make you an open-minded person ....

To see how prejudiced you really are, think of someone who is the polar opposite of you ... do not stop at race or gender .... think of education level, socio-economic status etc (so a white collar worker would be thinking of a blue-collar worker and vice versa) .. even think of height and hair color ... and see how few positive thoughts and attitudes you have towards this person ...

Different (in any sense) is not Dangerous ....

The allowed existence of Satan shows that not even G-d can afford to be surrounded by "yes-men" .... have you had an honest debate today? have you had your views challenged today? or have you simply surrounded yourself in the hollow seeming safety of conversing with / paying attention to only those who agree with your views?

Okay so maybe this are more mini-rants than statments .... and this is not meant to say that I am awesome at looking at the world with no bias ... that would be hypocritical and impossible to actually do ... I always get caught up the biases that have been engraved in me since childhood ... we all do ... it just makes things easier ... but easier is not always better ... so here are some bias-challenging statements to some commonly held biases .... ** Note: You will see my bias in the biases that I chose to call "commonly held" ... but I never claimed to be without them