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In case you didn't notice, there have been no posts regarding politics or the state of the nation on my livejournal since the election.
When most people on my friend's list were ranting about their frustration and anger, I was silent. There have been no reactions, no thoughts on national and international events, no links to articles or political cartoons or any of the things that used to litter my posts.
The reasons have been many and varried. The election was one of them, definately. When I found out that Kerry conceded, I spent an hour just sitting, trying very hard not to explode. How I would have exploded, I couldn't tell you.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vash_donutangel put it exceptionally well, and quite adorably (in my somewhat bizarre opinion), in her post regarding the inauguration. Other people, such as Andy here, reacted and did better than I ever could. I haven't been reading the news very much; there are always other things that require my attention, and I haven't made the time to way I used to (I made an exception when the tsunami struck). About the most political thing I've done lately is answer questions for the 2010 government census because my roommates and I were randomly selected to participate.
That was kinda neat, actually.
I guess I'm just out of steam, for the time being. Oh, sure, things like this and this still amuse me to no end (did you read the sub-headline on that last one? Come on, that is hilarious), and articles like this still anger me, and articles like this make me feel that maybe not everyone's deaf, blind, and stupid. But I don't feel the energy I once did to write on it, which is my version of doing something about it.
I still think about it, though. I'm reading a book on one of China's far western provinces, Xinjiang. One of the most worrying things I read was how China used Bush's "war on terror" to justify a crackdown on minority groups there, saying that these groups had used terrorist tactics and were dangerous. Whether true or not, justified or not, it shows a government turning Bush's zeal and tendancy to use absolute statements to allow them to act in ways that might otherwise be frowned upon. It ups the liklihood of violent conflict breaking out, and throws negotiation, diplomacy, and international mediation right out the window.
Boromir's got a point, after all. I mean, what about the ninjas? And the bears with lasers? Huh? Are you going to remove them from international policy considerations? You can't just bypass them!
When most people on my friend's list were ranting about their frustration and anger, I was silent. There have been no reactions, no thoughts on national and international events, no links to articles or political cartoons or any of the things that used to litter my posts.
The reasons have been many and varried. The election was one of them, definately. When I found out that Kerry conceded, I spent an hour just sitting, trying very hard not to explode. How I would have exploded, I couldn't tell you.
vash_donutangel put it exceptionally well, and quite adorably (in my somewhat bizarre opinion), in her post regarding the inauguration. Other people, such as Andy here, reacted and did better than I ever could. I haven't been reading the news very much; there are always other things that require my attention, and I haven't made the time to way I used to (I made an exception when the tsunami struck). About the most political thing I've done lately is answer questions for the 2010 government census because my roommates and I were randomly selected to participate.That was kinda neat, actually.
I guess I'm just out of steam, for the time being. Oh, sure, things like this and this still amuse me to no end (did you read the sub-headline on that last one? Come on, that is hilarious), and articles like this still anger me, and articles like this make me feel that maybe not everyone's deaf, blind, and stupid. But I don't feel the energy I once did to write on it, which is my version of doing something about it.
I still think about it, though. I'm reading a book on one of China's far western provinces, Xinjiang. One of the most worrying things I read was how China used Bush's "war on terror" to justify a crackdown on minority groups there, saying that these groups had used terrorist tactics and were dangerous. Whether true or not, justified or not, it shows a government turning Bush's zeal and tendancy to use absolute statements to allow them to act in ways that might otherwise be frowned upon. It ups the liklihood of violent conflict breaking out, and throws negotiation, diplomacy, and international mediation right out the window.
Boromir's got a point, after all. I mean, what about the ninjas? And the bears with lasers? Huh? Are you going to remove them from international policy considerations? You can't just bypass them!
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