User blog:AustinDR/Minor Apologies

Look, I get it: sometimes I don't project myself as being nice. I'm not here to try to force anyone to like me. I get that most of my opinions could be easily conceived as being liberal in tone, but I assure you that it isn't the case. I don't try to push any of my opinions onto anyone else, but sometimes I find it hard to really see another person's point of view often because I believe that the person is misguided in such a way. Of course, I realize that's the wrong thing to assume about someone, and I do make a point by saying that while I may understand a certain opinion, I ultimately have my own way of thinking.

Really, a lot of things I say I do also believe have some limits. For instance, I am all for LGBT rights, but I am against enforcing them for no other reason than to have them. I've said this before, but it is true: you don't need to have a gay, lesbian, or transexual character in a show. If you are only doing these themes to gain notoriety instead of actually developing the character, you do not get a cookie from me. The same thing with movies. This goes to having characters of different nationalities for no other reason than to be "progressive" among other things.

Or with religion. Ultimately, I feel that religion is okay. If you're somehow able to believe in something without any scientific proof, or if you find it comforting that you're being watched over by a loving god, by all means, it's your right to believe in that. Whether it be believing in Christ or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, just be you. However, my only real problem is trying to force your beliefs down other people's throats. I feel the worst part about Christianity, or at least of the fundamentalist kind, is how you believe that everything is out to get you, or that everyone is against God. Honestly, it sounds like a paranoid sense of thought. Maybe it's because I am honestly more close to being an agnostic than anything else, but I always get annoyed by this mindset because it seems that many Christians have that sense of entitlement. I get it: you are to be separate from the world, but you shouldn't go as far as to try to paint yourselves as being greater than the rest of humanity because of that sense of privilege. I am personally offended by the idea that I am seen as an "enemy" just because I don't fully agree with the whole premise behind Christianity. I never said I despised anyone of that faith - nor have I tried to attack anyone based on it- but I'm seen as an enemy regardless.

Of course any movement is bad in my eyes. Fat acceptance I do not like because it knowingly goes against facts. Being overweight can lead to you having major health problems such as diabetes, cancer, heart issues, or shortened life expectancy. I am not saying that you shouldn't love yourself; but you need to keep your body up. So maybe cut back on some extra calories or start exercising more. You don't have to give up any sweets; all you need to do is learn how to moderate your diet. Or then there's the LGBT movement. While I am for equal rights for anyone in the community, here's the thing: you guys have Pride Month. You have several representations of your community in the media. In some states, you have the legal right to be married. What more can you possibly want? I mean, I'm talking about those more radical members of the society, those who try to push for Elsa to have a girlfriend, or for Dumbledore's relationship with Grindelwald to be expanded upon in the next Fantastic Beasts movie. You guys practically act like you don't receive enough notoriety. Really, a lot of these movements can be seen as pretty hypocritical. So by the fat acceptance movement, it advocates body acceptance, and yet some members of the movement are known to attack thin people or pretty much anyone concerned for their health? Really, all of these movements while they have their good parts, they are not short of having any toxic members.