They teach you about the different types of irony in school-- I think as early as middle school. As an avid reader and writer, I can spot irony pretty quickly. Irony doesn't just exist in the pages of books and movie plots, and it's not just in the lines of a song. It runs rampant in our daily lives and plagues us whether we know it or not. To quote Alanis Morissette:
I recently read an article entitled "I don't feel bad for millennial republicans and I don't care," or something ignorant like that. The author goes on to state that we (college republicans-- because only white people are republicans!) need to yet again check our privileges and realize that our problems don't amount to that of the "oppressed" left.
Yes, you heard me. The left still thinks it is oppressed; because without a lost cause what do liberals have? spoiler alert- not much.
Again, I find myself face to face with that ugly beast of hypocrisy.
"I stand with those who can't stand for themselves."
"I speak for those who are silent."
"We want equal rights for all."-- unless I'm a conservative right? Silly me, how could we ever be equal?
Doesn't this Rhetoric sound a little familiar? Going around calling people "racists", "homophobes" and "xenophobes" without even knowing who you are talking to. Just like people have done to homosexuals and African Americans in the past. The only difference between the right and the left is that instead of asking for a safe space, I do something about it. I stand up for myself. But, as I stand up for myself, I get told to check my privilege. The irony is not lost on me.
I'm a history major, so I'm aware and would never deny that at one point in history, the people who align with the left were oppressed. But in today's world, I just don't see it. With a logical and analytical eye, I don't see it. Gays can get married, people can openly switch their genders, and there are special scholarships and platforms for minorities to express themselves. In the last week, Black Lives Matter has excluded white people from their cause. yet, I'm supposed to go out of my way to make sure that these people feel loved and safe all the while making sure I don't step on or over some imaginary politically correct line.
The left doesn't want equality. They want the tables turned and justice or revenge for crimes my generation didn't commit, crimes my generation never suffered from.
Contrary to popular belief, I literally don't care about your gender. I don't care if you kiss boys or girls today. I don't care if you're a Muslim, a democrat, black, Hispanic, Asian or white.
I. Don't. Care.
To quote the great Martin Luther King Jr.
"But by the content of their character." - Let that sink in.
I start to care when you force judgments on me or tell me I'm wrong for thinking or feeling differently. If someone was doing that to me, and I was a liberal, I'm sure I'd have a hashtag made in my honor and countless people standing up for me.
Like the author of the pre-mentioned article says, nothing will change their minds. I know my words will fall upon mostly deaf ears, but I hope that someone is listening.
Funny, how such an open-minded movement could be so closed-minded.
Check your privilege, who's really becoming oppressed?
