I Know You Are, But What Am I?

The last few days I have sank deep into research about the way I feel about things.  The more I reflect on what's really what, the more I am convinced that the only way out of all this madness is for people to change their attitudes towards labeling of individuals. 

You can be called a Nigger, Jew, Bible Thumper, Atheist, Right Wing, Left Wing, Fag, Idiot, American Indian, Native American, Mexican-American, Spic, Whop, Kike, Kraut,....... you get the point right?

But at the bottom of it all the one thing that is missing in this is what we all are.... HUMAN.  Am I all alone on this or what?  This to me is a huge misunderstanding in most people. They are extremely mad at the way that others are living.  My question is ... Why do you give a fuck about the way another man conducts his business unless the way that other man does it infringes on your own personal freedom?  And I'm not talking about the rights of an American vs. everybody else.... I'm talking about the rights of all humans to live and be free from fear. 

You wanna know who makes up all these names for us?  We do.  Our parents, our media, our leaders.  They have chosen your path for you through the indoctrination of you to their own ideas.  They laughed when a man suggested that the world wasn't flat.  But sure as shit it was.  And it was due to a man who went against the grain of society at that time.  They burnt people like your sons and daughters at the stake for using herbalism as a remedy.  I shouldn't even use the word "they."  We did that.  We humans in our misunderstandings done that. 

So this begs the question... What am I?  Well I know what I'm not.  I'm not a Liberal.  I'm not a Conservative.  I'm not a Libertarian.  I'm not an Atheist.  I'm not a Theist.  I'm a free minded individual who agrees with some things that others say and disagrees with others.  I'm a Human being.... created perfectly... deliberately mis-lead.... and still have a child like understanding of the universe.

The good news is that I want to understand you.  I want you to understand me.  I don't want to label you so please don't label me.  All ideas are welcome here.  We need to establish communication on an individual level again so we can all understand each other and all of OUR miscommunication. 

You don't have to agree with me.  I don't even want you to.  I want you to be yourself and formulate your own judgement of the world based on your own experience.  Not that of your elders or those who have you pre-ceded you here.  Their journey was theirs.  Yours is yours. 

Next time some guy says you are a Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Liberal, Christian, Muslim, so on and so forth.  He's not identifying you.  He's identifying himself. 

I know you are, but what am I?

John Roberts