Thursday, June 12, 2008

pigeon holed

ok so being a 20 something in college is a pretty generic thing, right?
and i was so sure that i would be so happy being a group that was associated with being healthier, more eco-friendly, smarter and all around better. but the flipside to that is that while being all these things, we are stuck in something that i dont want to be apart of.
conjure up a normal 20 something in your head
ipod-check
laptop-check
cool haircut/hat-chcek
name brand everything-check
indie rocker/hip hop gangster/pop diva/metal head-check
no respect for anyone else-check
arrogant-check
know it all-check
and my biggest beef with it all...
unable to think for two minutes without breaking down-check

see as people born somewhere in the 80's we grew up with the leisure of the 90's and the accessibility of the 00's. everything was done for us. our parents made sure we got a good future with few problems(except the massive debt from school)

what has this done for my generation?
crippled it
i strike up a conversation with people and when it gets to a point where we disagree, two things happen. 1) they end the conversation in a fit saying that i cant tell them what is right or wrong because who am i to judge them on anything OR 2) they get mad at the fact that what we are in fact arguing about, isn't important to anything and that its a waste of time.

we are a people that are so blinded by the lie of tolerance that when a problem comes up, we fall apart. so what if we disagree? we need to work it out through conversation and thought. not throw it away like table scraps.
this is why i do not like people like tony jones, doug pagitt, rob bell or brian mclauren, they have plenty of ideas, but when confronted with solid evidence proving their idea wrong, they break down and pull out the card of relative truth in which case nothing is wrong and everything is right.
what?

look i know not everyone will agree with me on everything
and i know that not everything i belive may be the truth
but when you lack the skill to tell me why its not the truth, its not going to help anyone. if you think im wrong, tell me why, dont sit there and tell me why you feel that way, tell me objective truth. dont be a pigeon holed 20 something who cant formulate a thought into words.