alter ego

Today is spirit day.

It just bothers me that somehow, it is being sensationalized which results to its meaning and significance getting lost on us.

For me, it’s standing up for what I believe in; which is that people should not be bullied and discriminated against because of their identity. Perhaps, it may even be a call of uprising to eradicate hate and ignorance and promote not just equality but as well as knowledge, education and free thinking (of course, it’s not as easy as it sounds); because hate crimes, like my dear friend has pointed out to me, is not the only issue. Looking deeper, this is also an issue of dogmas, social conditioning and morality. This is an issue of The constructs and ideals that has been so deeply ingrained in the society that makes people incapable of thinking outside the boundaries of these ideas; and when people think like this, the act of accepting someone who is “different” or someone who is of “the minority” becomes improbable and instead turns into something that may outwardly appear as banal as bullying but has repercussions as serious as suicide.

PS. Tumblr is purple. EPIC.

-Neurotikka 10/20/2010