Con-form-i-ty:
-behavior
in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.
I'm okay with conformity to a degree. You see, I wish I was a
cowboy. A real one. A man like John Wayne; cattle driving, six shooter shooting,
10 foot tall kind of man. I dress like 21st cowboy and I try to look and live
like the real ones. Although, I do put a twist to it. I also like to dress like
the typical fraternity man. I wear shoes manufactured in America, I wear shirts
with collared, my jeans are wranglers, and my favorite pair of boots are Ariats.
There's a lot of guys that wear the same style of clothes as me. I don’t do it
because that's the way everyone else dresses, well, maybe when I was 18. But
now I wear that style because it is reserved, presentable, and hell the ladies
like it.
That kind of conformity is okay with me. The way someone dresses doesn't dictate who
they are. I know I am completely different than the other types of guys that
dress just like that. You see, it's our minds and what we choose to believe
that makes people different. Not our clothes, the car we drive, or what type of
job we have. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. That means you can take
any issue, any religion, or political platform and study them. You can formulate
your own idea of whether it is true and right or wrong. You have the freedom to
decide what you will support and what you won't.
I'm not okay with the type of conformists that see something on
social media and automatically believe that's how something should be; or how
something happened. Look at what you're seeing and question it. Then make your
own opinion.
The conformity I see today among young adults is quite different.
Our world has shoved down our throats that in order to be accepted in society
you must dress alike, think alike, and act alike. Identical people with
different faces is the fashion today. This causes a big issue because most
people today have accepted that ideal. Now, when society tells you their point
of view you are most likely going to accept it. Do you even question it? How
many people do you think see a controversial issue like Planned Parenthood
selling the fetuses extracted from pregnant women? Unless you live under a rock you have heard
about it. Do you believe it? Why? And then you read in the newspaper that
Planned Parenthood received taxpayer money from the government. The news
stations are now insinuating that you, the taxpayer, are now aiding a baby
killing company in their goal to rid the world of unwanted children. This is
sick! But is it true. I guarantee a majority of the people watching these
stations immediately believed that all of this has been happening. But why?
Because it's a news station? How often are they caught lying? How many of you,
instead of just accepting what you heard, actually googled Planned Parenthood's
financials and confirmed they do receive money from the government? And then researched
if Planned Parenthood was in fact selling fetuses and parts of babies they extracted
from women? This issue is currently in the controversial stage. An independent
investigation conducted by reporters brought this issue to the public. There
has not been a confirmation that Planned Parenthood in fact took taxpayer money
to fund extracting babies from mothers and then turned around and sold it to
other companies. I am sure in due time this will be confirmed because those
people are sick (my opinion). I bet less than 10% of the people that saw these
headlines did any of their own research. Instead they probable just believed
it! This is maddening.
If you
don't believe me. Why do all of your friends care about Cecil the lion now?
Because the media told them it mattered. Why didn’t they care before? People
have been hunting animals in Africa for hundreds of years! The man went on a
paid hunt with a guide. Do you know how many animals are illegally poached in
Africa every by people in Africa?! Go attack them.
If a news
station went on air today and said "God is not real. We went outside and
asked him to smite us and it didn't happen." Then they say asked a
scientist if God was real and says, "God cannot be real because everything
can be explained by science. Therefore, the news station states "God is
not real." I wonder how many people would probable say, "okay maybe
he isn't real."
Don't let
this world control how you think. Don't be told what to believe and how you
should treat it. Go out and do your research. Find out why something happened.
Establish an opinion based on facts you found. Make your own choices and
believe what you choose.
