I am not interested in being popular, or being ‘liked’. I am not interested in winning awards, getting brand deals, or garnering social media currency. There are no coupons, free trials, or discount codes at @thetinmen I’m afraid. I do not want to post videos of me doing a little dance, or tweet expletives, or shout angrily into my phone. I am not interested in the brittle social justice warriors of instagram that poke, and prod, and whinge, and whine. I am not here to regurgitate catch phrases, make you feel comfortable, or tell you things you want to hear. I am here to be useful. I am here to change your mind. I want to present ideas that help the greatest number of people, in the greatest possible way. I am trying to be right, not popular. I am here to give you a voice, words, and whatever wisdom I can offer. To throw stones at popular convention, to rock the boat, and sit in the discomfort. Whether these ideas are palatable is immaterial to me. Whether they get me blocked, banned or banished; will never stop me from sharing them. And I’ll be honest, those who have made this journey most difficult, are my fellow left wingers. Yes, the people so reluctant to change and so allergic to compassion, are ironically, those who won’t stop preaching about it. And I am bored of being called silly names by these people, for simply making my compassion complete and my beliefs consistent. Yes. I am ashamed of my fellow lefties. Ashamed of how their political advocacy seems more interested in looking good, than being right. I am ashamed of their virtuous purity contests, their hang wringing and grifts. I am ashamed of how they alienate good, kind and compassionate people from their cause, casting them out into the camp of so called ‘politically homeless’ individuals such as myself. So what has happened to the left? And where does this leave you? ~ Sources [1] [2] [3] Image by Gradienta, A-Z, Cat Han, Dan Cristian Padure, Dmitry Vechorko, and Kiwi Hug from Unsplash. #leftwing #leftwingpolitics #mensissues #socialjustice

2023-02-28