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Sunday, September 9, 2012

I regret signing that MoveOn.org Petition

Okay, I really don't. I'm glad I can look back at that moment and remember how good it felt to be a human helping out humanity.

It felt too good to be true.

Too good when that organization (and my forwarded email to NRDC) started blowing up my email account telling me to sign this petition or watch that mini documentary on why I have to stop off shore drilling, game season with grey wolves, be the one and only true person who could help stop the death penalty of someone's case I had never heard of before... when I started questioning the validity of half these things.

It's funny how easily persuadable organizations that directly pin themselves to Democratic or Republican can continue on with their rhetoric, in your emotions and the "facts" they disclose behind this petition. We can't all be good people, answer every call to arms in helping out the environment or humanity, but to what extent can people take? To me, it starts to hurt the credibility of the party. It really does become too biased.  I do care about all the issues they tell me, but then again why are they only talking about it? I barely see half the issues covered on news channels or online. You could say that no one else in the world cares enough to put the issues out there, but honestly, then what does that say about the world?

I'd like to believe I'm doing good. But I don't like to feel easily persuaded.

oh. now i see.


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