Reply #19: Dust mites: Neo-con tool or left leaning allies? [View All]

[Toucano]

Please stop dividing everything into left, right or red, blue.


In the first place, Homer is a comic foil. As resident lovable fool, not a role model.

Secondly, "The Simpsons" has long been a cash-generating thorn in Fox's side. The network has no creative input in the show and they positively hate that.

Everytime we embrace or reject something and label it Democratic, Republican, Progressive, or Conservative, we draw a little box around it. It divides us further and limits our ability to get a message out.

In recent weeks, we've seen Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and Jesse Jackson all attacked because they dared to step outside the box we created for them.

Some people and things belong in their box: Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity. They lack broadness of thinking and created their box themselves.

But if Jon Stewart, for example, says something you disagree with it doesn't mean he's "crossed over" or joined the dark side. It just means you disagree with what he said.

We consume too much energy drawing borderlines around everything. We have left and right food, clothing, cars, hairstyles, music, and now toilet tissue. Where will it end? Will we be purging our lives of those neo-con dust mites?

This desire to label everything is evidence of a narrow mind. It's a mental short cut to avoid thinking. It's a practice we shouldn't indulge in too much.