You Can't Beat Me Into Feeling Like You Do

You Can’t Beat Me Into Feeling Like You Do

One of the things I can’t understand about what’s going on in America right now is this idea that if someone opposes you, you have to beat them into feeling like you do.

What happened to the freedom to feel differently?

I was talking with the gentleman in the video last night on my podcast.

The conversation really got me thinking.

We are quickly devolving into a society that is so afraid to feel or to accept that someone else can feel differently about an issue.

I write about my feelings on things, never expecting you to agree or disagree.

I honestly don’t care.

But I do have the right to express those feelings, and so do you.

I’m not out to convince you of anything.

But I’m not going to tiptoe around a topic either.

We’re all supposed to be adults here, trying to figure out how things work.

My feeling is, some of you on the extreme left refuse to accept how people like me feel about things, and rather than simply disagreeing, you beat us up with words or worse, seek to damage our reputation, or destroy our businesses, all because we feel differently about an issue.

I’m not asking you to be less passionate.

I’m not asking you to agree with me.

But put your weapons away and either listen to what I’m saying, disagree with me, or go away.

I truly think locking us down the way our leaders did damaged our culture mentally.

We were already headed in the direction we’ve ended up in. Still, the tyrannical, authoritarian, propagandised world we live in couldn’t resist the control COVID offered them and purposely manufactured this crisis for exactly the results we’re seeing.

The other day, a commenter was taking me to task online.

All of a sudden, he stopped.

The next day, I got a personal message from him apologizing, talking about the stress he was under, and wanting to mend the fence.

I thanked him for the note and invited him to join me on a podcast.

I haven’t heard back, but I hope he takes me up on the offer.

Let people feel what they want.

Talk with each other without motivation.

We all need to do a better job of listening.

That’s all.