I was having a discussion not too long ago online that eventually got me to the point of questioning what the person was saying. I won't go into detail because then this entry will be ridiculously long. I'll just stick to the important stuff. So this person became pissed that I started questioning what he was saying. I wasn't rude, just asking questions. His claims just weren't adding up and inevitably, I started poking holes in them. He wanted my opinion, I gave it and he threw a fit. The incident got me thinking about this virus of ignorance that seems to be pervasive around the country (U.S.). People seem to mindlessly believe everything they see, read and hear on the web. I find myself inevitably sitting back and thinking that there are a sizable amount of people who are idiots and dangerously bordering on idiocy. Some people don't want to ask questions. The very people who say "Question everything!" are the exact same people who will throw a total fit when you question them. Sacred cows do no one any good ever. And that brings me to Indigos. I was having a discussion with a friend about their supposed role in the world and I brought up the conversation I had online with that guy.
For an Indigo, digging for answers, asking hard questions is what is done. Some seem to think that being a "systems buster" only applies to gov'ts and bureaucracy. Hahaha, no. We dismantle the target, any target of our choosing, and either leave it in ruins or reassemble it into something better. For me, application of logic as a tool in the dismantling is really important. Apparently a lot of people don't like this. I often find myself just keeping my opinion to myself because what's the point? In a culture of growing willful ignorance, I and others like me, Indigo or not, are not welcome. It doesn't make me feel sad or insecure, I just wonder why people have a need to hold so tightly to ideas. Perhaps those ideas help define them and their place in the world.
These people who hold on so tightly to ideas and are so suspicious of those who question them, I wonder if they realize that they're a reflection of what they don't trust.
Example: person doesn't trust what the gov't says about HIV and then decides to believe other convoluted ideas about the disease. You question their ideas and suddenly, you are a problem.
Too similar to how the gov't sometimes acts. They give you a story and if you question it, that gov't is suspicious of you and view you as a problem.
Destroy your sacred cows.
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