From My Place of Great Ignorance (FMPOGI)
I was writing an essay on Transgenderism and Tranracialism, and I realized how ignorant I was. Not about the transgender or black experience (though I am massively ignorant about those). My ignorance is on what is the obligation of society and the rights of the individual. I am working it out, but it got me thinking about people who make comments with such conviction of their rightness and the wrongness (and usually evil intent) of others. Take your top five beliefs that others disagree with (religion, politics, history, etc.). You are completely wrong about one of them. We still must live as citizens and vote and support causes. But perhaps we could do it with a bit more fear and trembling. It got me thinking about parenting. My neighbors came home with the new baby, and we were lucky enough to catch them as they just got home. He was so full of joy and wonder and just plain surprise that they let him come home with this fragile thing. And they were suppose to keep it alive and ...