AngelusNovus
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The other day I was reading 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley. It seems to me the monster is somewhat like us. An outsider, different, perhaps scorned by society. It made me think whether it had any choice. This is what I came up with:
1. The monster was angry. It vented by becoming malicious and a murderer. Instead it should have used all that anger for the good of society. Become virtuous.
2. It hated what it was. It hated itself. Instead it should have loved itself for what it was.
3. It tried to become human and normal. Instead it should have stayed itself and accepted that.
So, I think, people who are outsiders, different, minorities etc. should NOT hate everyone, give everone the blame, seperate themselves from others and society, become malicious, and hate themselves or try and become like others i.e. 'normal', but instead become virtuous, love themselves exactly as they are and stay who they are, not become like others...we should stay ourselves and find recognition by way of outsider status, it's others that need to change their perception of social anxiety and accept us for who we are: My mantra: Love yourself, be yourself and don't be destructive of yourself or others...make the majority change their perception of the minority. Not assimilation, not seperatism either, but rather us staying the same (except improving stuff like social skills) and making majority accept us.
Do you get where i'm going at here?
1. The monster was angry. It vented by becoming malicious and a murderer. Instead it should have used all that anger for the good of society. Become virtuous.
2. It hated what it was. It hated itself. Instead it should have loved itself for what it was.
3. It tried to become human and normal. Instead it should have stayed itself and accepted that.
So, I think, people who are outsiders, different, minorities etc. should NOT hate everyone, give everone the blame, seperate themselves from others and society, become malicious, and hate themselves or try and become like others i.e. 'normal', but instead become virtuous, love themselves exactly as they are and stay who they are, not become like others...we should stay ourselves and find recognition by way of outsider status, it's others that need to change their perception of social anxiety and accept us for who we are: My mantra: Love yourself, be yourself and don't be destructive of yourself or others...make the majority change their perception of the minority. Not assimilation, not seperatism either, but rather us staying the same (except improving stuff like social skills) and making majority accept us.
Do you get where i'm going at here?
