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]]> By: TurboFool http://www.turbofool.com/2008/12/23/something-doesnt-sound-right/comment-page-1/#comment-81 TurboFool Tue, 26 May 2009 05:45:30 +0000 http://www.turbofool.com/2008/12/23/something-doesnt-sound-right/#comment-81 It reminds me of the "that's just how I was raised" argument, like that recent beauty pageant runner-up. It's another excuse, and people seem to let one another off the hook over it. Racism, bigotry, absurd religious beliefs. "That's what I was raised to believe." Oh, okay, well as long as you were raised that way, you're off the hook. We're not robots. We're not pre-programmed. We are what we are from experiences and learning. And we can continue to experience and learn and change and improve. We can reject bullshit and move past it. I was raised certain ways, with certain concepts in place in my world, and as I grew up I began to recognize which ones didn't make sense and move past them. Everyone's capable of this. But some people are too damn lazy to try. And that's what I see when I see people talking about tradition and their upbringing as excuses. Laziness. It reminds me of the “that’s just how I was raised” argument, like that recent beauty pageant runner-up. It’s another excuse, and people seem to let one another off the hook over it. Racism, bigotry, absurd religious beliefs. “That’s what I was raised to believe.” Oh, okay, well as long as you were raised that way, you’re off the hook.

We’re not robots. We’re not pre-programmed. We are what we are from experiences and learning. And we can continue to experience and learn and change and improve. We can reject bullshit and move past it. I was raised certain ways, with certain concepts in place in my world, and as I grew up I began to recognize which ones didn’t make sense and move past them. Everyone’s capable of this. But some people are too damn lazy to try. And that’s what I see when I see people talking about tradition and their upbringing as excuses. Laziness.

]]> By: Yvette http://www.turbofool.com/2008/12/23/something-doesnt-sound-right/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Yvette Tue, 26 May 2009 05:41:28 +0000 http://www.turbofool.com/2008/12/23/something-doesnt-sound-right/#comment-80 I agree 100%, that's about all that can be said. The tradition excuse has been the most harmful threat against civil rights. I agree 100%, that’s about all that can be said. The tradition excuse has been the most harmful threat against civil rights.

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