Roaming around the internet today and, once again, I am faced with the fact that educators keep historical truths from their students, creating idiots among us. I wanted to start this out with “people are stupid” (although I swear it’s still true), but so much of that stupidity comes from teachers who take it upon themselves to mold their students into the little robots they desire. Talk about a power trip.
As with any profession, there are those who truly strive to make a difference and keep themselves to the task of that profession, so I will try not to make too general of a statement. It gets tiresome to hear people make overreaching statements.
History is often a hard subject for people and the lessons available from our past are not always easy for us to swallow. People are evil and have been evil throughout the ages. What those who have come before us have done often makes us cringe when those things were not considered good.
The harder part to understand is that some bad things done in the past were actually beneficial to society as a whole.
History does not define good and evil very well. It’s subjective and difficult to understand from one mind to another. Much like describing love to another person, it’s nearly impossible to fully grasp what everyone feels and thinks. Faith is also hard to describe; it is or it is not within a person’s abilities to comprehend and accept.
When I hear people say things that are simply not true, I want to engage in a conversation and explain what they are missing. The unfortunate thing is that society is so weakened and so broken that so many are unable to accept any information that contradicts what they think they know or what has been explained to them by others.
Group think has taken over their lives.
Some educators have done such a good job of brainwashing their students that even trying to contradict what they’ve been taught is met with almost violent reactions. Some literally lash out by screaming or flailing. They yell at the person in question and see no issue with doing so; it is somehow their right to react in childish and violent ways.
As the internet continues to surround our lives and take over in ways we still don’t fully understand, our minds become numb to the truth and the lies. They entwine and become muddier and harder to distinguish. There are people purposefully telling lies as truths just to see how many people they can fool.
It’s unfortunate and difficult to combat. Fact becomes opinion and opinion becomes fact. The nonsense being taught to kids today is meant to weaken them, confuse them, cause them to be unable to take care of themselves. They are told that their opinion on a subject is the fact of that subject. Never mind that it’s completely wrong! But we can’t say that anymore… we can’t tell people they are wrong because it might hurt their feelings. Feeling are what they are, and no amount of coddling is going to help anyone live a fulfilling life. They will die inside and ultimately die lonely and bitter.
Is it the fault of educators, politicians, entertainers, the internet? Seems they are contributing to the downfall of the independent man and woman. There is fault to assign; it’s just difficult to pinpoint exactly who is to blame but the collective seems to be the obvious culprit.
What are we left with? We are left asking “what is the truth” with little hope that people will be able to answer that question in the not so far off future.
What are we hoping for? We are hoping for one of those miracles in the last five minutes of an action flick where everything reboots to the beginning. Seems legit.
This post was originally seen on Alexandria (aleksandreia.com).
