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While writing a paper today I found this section from this article we got in AP language and I'm going to type it out because it basically sums up what I think of society these days. The underlined part is the part that I liked the most, so if you don't feel like reading all of it, just read what's underlined-
"The next weekend was a memorial reading for Tede Matthews, a gay white American who had managed the Modern Times bookstore in San Francisco, and who had died of AIDS in July. Tede Matthews had also distinguished himself as an activist for human rights in Central America. And he had helped many, many writers and poets acquire a community of support. He was/he is much beloved. And he died of AIDS.
In the overflow audience of several hundred people who came to honor Tede Matthew's life and to establish a Tede Matthews fund for civil rights for gay men and lesbians in Central America and in the United States, there were many gay men and lesbians.
And I heard in my brain the helter-skelter of selective scripture that the Operation Rescue guys hurled into that Wisconsin silence. And I reflected on the tragedy of Tede Matthew's death, and the death of thousands upon thousands of young men who we have loved and lost. And I wanted to rise from my seat in a towering, prophetic rage and denounce any scripture/any construct of divinity that does not cherish all of the living people on earth and does not grieve for the cruelties of daily life that afflict every one of us if basic freedom is denied.
But this was a memorial service. And Tede Matthews is no longer alive."
-June Jordan, "Freedom Time"
This really had an affect on me because I don't get why people can't just get over themselves and just appreciate life and appreciate freedom. Nobody has any right to try and deny the sanctity of life or freedom, no matter what. The world isn't going to stop just because people don't think the way you think. Get over it. And on a similar note, to everyone as well as to myself: Things aren’t always perfect, in fact they never are, and there are some things in life you may wish were different but you can't change them, you just have to enjoy life as it is while you can. Okay? Please? P.S.- I'm sorry if this is dumb, but I felt like writing something for once. (Well it's mostly a quote, but you get the point....)