talkin about a revolution
Today was a hell of a day. 4 hours of sleep, a 14 hour day in the office/class, and now finally back at home. It seems like all I do any more is sleep and shower when I'm at home. People during this election (ASPSU) are totally pissing me off. Beside being generally asinine, some candidates love to challenge process, and (as I've convinced myself), attempt to try my patience. Why are people so ridiculous? This is college, for god's sake, I thought people were supposed to develop critical thinking skills? Anyways, can't control 'em, not gonna think about 'em. Walking home from the office tonight I was waiting at a crosswalk when I saw a beige Volvo turn the corner. It was an older Volvo, the kind an hold hippy from Portland would drive. As it slowly turned the corner, carefully avoiding pedestrians, I noticed that it had a Kerry/Edwards sticker. My immediate thought was "good people." As I conitnued to wait for the little white man to light up signalling it was my turrn to walk, I noticed the same beige Volvo had a "No on 36" sticker. It was comforting to see. After the election so many people took down their signs and scrubbed their stickers off. It was a sign of defeat. The radical right had not only deated a ballot measure, but many thought they had defeated our hope. It's almost been a year (March 3) since Multnomah County started issuing marriage licenses. While I continue with hope, I can't help but feel the pangs of defeat. In my mind, but more importantly the defeat in my heart. Perhaps the right is correct, they have defeated my hope. More importantly, though, they have yet to defeat my struggle. Hope is a fleeting dream that is destined for despair when it isn't acheived. Struggle, however, is where the heart of life beats the loudest. Struggle is the impetus for change, it is what brings common people together to work for common causes. I think it's interesting how people can see the good and the evil in struggle. As for the pope, I read today that he refers to gay marriage as part of a "new ideology of evil." Interesting to see that a figure in whom so many find hope focuses so loudly on the evil. What hope can there be if it is destined for evil ends? Call me a naysayer and I'll agree, I am. Whole-heartedly, without second-thought. I say it is not part of a new ideology of evil. I say that is part of a broader struggle to overcome the machinations of cultural development that have manifest themselves in the form of societal structures. Work, work, work. There's always more to be done. Maybe I'm talkin about a revolution...
posted by Alaska @ 7:42 PM
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