Let me begin this new blog by stating something right up front and personal, this is A Manifesto For Grown Folks. We the people of the United States declare that all Americans of legal age to vote, that would be eighteen, are Grown Folks. And as such we should/will stay out of Grown Folks personal business!
Adults are perfectly capable of making their own mistakes with out any assistance from other Grown Folks. Period. And Grown Folks are responsible then for handling their mistakes, and taking credit for the good things they do as well.
Yup. It would seem that staying out of Grown Folks business is rather obvious, rather clear to even the most obtuse, and should not need stating. (Especially since we live in the land of the free and have that whole Bill of Rights and Constitution thing backing us up. But I digress.) But given the level of sheer utter madness passing for politics in our country, and the rise of our very own Puritalibans hell bent on telling Grown Folks how to live, who to sleep with, who to marry, when life begins, are too eager to regulate birth control or don't believe in it, are way too comfortable spouting idiocy about legitimate and illegitimate rape, I just have to weigh in. Hence A Manifesto For Grown Folks. (Aka AMFGF)
AMFGF is not a place for the faint of heart or easily offended. If discussions about the role of religion in public life, in government, make you see red, this is not the place for you. Some people don't like facts, prefer making up their own. One definition of a grown up however is that grown ups appreciate facts, in fact, they seek them out. After all, facts are facts.
Reason and rationality when disagreeing is another hall mark of a grown up. If reasoned rational discussions about tough issues makes you froth at the mouth and spout nonsense, take care of yourself and your blood pressure. Grown ups take care of their needs. Go vent where you will be appreciated and everyone pretty much agrees with you. Here we're trying to come together to talk about difficult issues as, well, grown ups. We may have some disagreements but the principle that holds us together and keeps our feet to the fire is this, we agree to stay out of Grown Folks personal business; we want to work together to figure out how we can all live together as - adults.
Irreverence, word play, tongue in cheek, puns, alliteration, clever limericks, and double entendres are welcome here. Encouraged even. We must have a sense of humor about all this or all is lost.
AMFGF is a space for those who really grasp the concept that, embrace the fact that we are fully grown adult human beings. Our religious thoughts, faith, beliefs, or lack thereof, folks sexual preferences, or not, our political persuasion whether red, white, blue, or green, our bodies and our conscience, belongs to each of us us. Period. End of discussion.
If A Manifesto For Grown Folks resonates with you, then you've come to the right place and none too soon. People, if grown ups don't put a lojack on this runaway political-religious situation real soon, we'll find our selves hauled to the nursery, our grown up pass revoked, and being patted on the heads like good little boys and girls and shoved into a closet. So welcome to A Manifesto For Grown Folks!
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