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insanity of honesty With movements and attitudes continually skewing towards the politically correct / woke / cancel culture mentality, I am finding the freedom to express myself without repercussions becoming more and more precarious. I’m not talking about the fact that some social media sites are banning people for touting conspiracy theories and other harmful stuff like that, nor am I once again<b> whining </font></b>about basic censorship seen on sites like Alt. I’m just talking about the ability to say how I feel without worrying about offending any number of people, groups, associations, etc. Not only has it become precarious, it’s also just plain tiresome. Being authentic and unguarded is not only something I aspire to, it is kind of a side effect of my Asperger’s. Since I am often unaware of whether or not I am being offensive, I throw caution to the wind and stop worrying about it. I’m not completely oblivious to what other might think and feel about what I say, I am just utterly convinced that they shouldn’t be taking it so seriously, getting so upset, etc. Somehow I believe people should be able to sense my lack of ill intent, but since I know that’s not possible I wind up putting disclaimers in my posts instead. The problem, is that I’m usually kind of grumpy about it, so it’s phrased along the lines of, “I’m probably going to be rude and offensive somewhere in this post, and if you don’t like it, fuck off” which is not the friendliest environment to visit, is it? My bad. I’ll work on that. Someone recently sent me a personal message that expressed admiration(?) for the fact that I tend to say what I feel, even if I know it might get me in trouble. If all the blogging I did was not connected to my business / the way I make money then I probably wouldn’t care at all about what people thought, and chances are I’d be twice as “honest” and blunt as I already am, but since I do have to worry about my bottom line being affected I tend to watch what I say. Some of you are probably raising your eyebrows in surprise, because you think I’m already quite a bold, opinionated asshole and that’s true. I could be worse, believe me. The desire to be is there, occasionally, but it’s not really the “person I am” anymore. Yes, I struggle to be nice or politically correct sometimes, but I don’t revel in the nastiness like I used to. My attempts to be good are genuine, not contrived, and not done solely to pander. Honesty and authenticity are extremely important to me; in this blog, in my work, and in life. I may not be well liked, I may even piss some people off but I remain authentic, and there is a great deal of comfort and pride in that. Even if I wind up being alone and ostracized for it, I will have led my life as I am, not trying to be as others wanted my to be, and that includes the words that came out of my mouth and the thoughts that wound up getting typed onto a word document. I do not spread or promote hate, nor do I openly espouse anything that one might consider patently offensive. A random opinion might be misguided, or even rude, but rarely do I ever say or do anything with the intention of harming, offending, inflaming. My honesty should be revered, not punished or suppressed. |
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