migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
I'm getting old. I'm reminiscing.
When I was a kid
I was a bit of a bleeding heart, tree hugging activist. It used to upset my father to no end. 
Anywho, I had lots of spunk and I raised money for Greenpeace to Save the Whales. I marched against and protested a nuclear waste dump. I worried to no end about them poor starving babies in Africa. I Held Hands Across America. I tried to save the trees from clear cutting. I worked with Planned Parenthood and handed out free condoms to my classmates for the AIDS. I also tried to convince my community health department they should be handing out clean needles. I wanted to set the monkeys and rabbits free from medical testing and protested that too. I tossed my cans of hairspray to save the ozone layer. 
Oh the things I did. The things I believed in.
I've grown, I've evolved. The whales are still around. So are the trees, and AIDS and dying kids in Africa, animal testing, and even the ozone layer.
However, for more than a decade, the only "cause" hitting the mainstream has been Global warming, aka climate change. There's nothing else that seems to attract attention from celebrities or even the government or even activists. However, there's a lot happening out in the world that could use a good rousing round of protesting. Yet it appears nobody has the energy or gumption. It's as if we are all blasé. At most, we click like and share. Now, there are exceptions. I know there are people who do their part for what they believe in. It just appears there isn't any protesting unity for lack of a better description.
Is this a symptom of our society? Apathy worries me more than global warming.
How about you? Any causes you fought for or against? Any other peaceniks become a Libertarian? Or uber conservative? Or vice versus?
When I was a kid
I was a bit of a bleeding heart, tree hugging activist. It used to upset my father to no end. Anywho, I had lots of spunk and I raised money for Greenpeace to Save the Whales. I marched against and protested a nuclear waste dump. I worried to no end about them poor starving babies in Africa. I Held Hands Across America. I tried to save the trees from clear cutting. I worked with Planned Parenthood and handed out free condoms to my classmates for the AIDS. I also tried to convince my community health department they should be handing out clean needles. I wanted to set the monkeys and rabbits free from medical testing and protested that too. I tossed my cans of hairspray to save the ozone layer. Oh the things I did. The things I believed in.I've grown, I've evolved. The whales are still around. So are the trees, and AIDS and dying kids in Africa, animal testing, and even the ozone layer.
However, for more than a decade, the only "cause" hitting the mainstream has been Global warming, aka climate change. There's nothing else that seems to attract attention from celebrities or even the government or even activists. However, there's a lot happening out in the world that could use a good rousing round of protesting. Yet it appears nobody has the energy or gumption. It's as if we are all blasé. At most, we click like and share. Now, there are exceptions. I know there are people who do their part for what they believe in. It just appears there isn't any protesting unity for lack of a better description.
Is this a symptom of our society? Apathy worries me more than global warming.
How about you? Any causes you fought for or against? Any other peaceniks become a Libertarian? Or uber conservative? Or vice versus?
