About rebels and how they are not really rebels, they really are simply reactionary. "Oh look, Hilda, Sabrina is going through that charming, 'To assert my independence I'm going to make myself as ugly as possible' phase."
After all, how much free thought is truly involved here? All they're doing is looking at what the perceived authority figure is doing, and then simply doing the opposite. They are not _truly_ thinking about what is the best decision. Do you genuinely like that guy that looks like______
Did they truly apply any critical thinking towards their choices? What mental [[[[rigor, steps, methods]]]] transpired during their decision-making process? It seems that the exact people___ still have enormous influence over your thoughts, your actions, your cognitive processes.
Parents and church people are authority figures that made you go to church when you were little. As you got older, you rebels decided not to go to church any more, or indeed, to be religious at all. But are you truly happier and more at peace now without spirituality in your life? Or did you simply decide not to be churchy for the reason that you felt it was imposed on you as a kid? And that it was a drag?
It is apparent that the "Authority" still has a stronghold over how you conduct your life.
You think people that blindly follow authority are just sheep? Well hate to break it to you, cous', but you are every bit as easily duped, gullible, culpable as those that you claim "blindly" follow authority.
You think you are smarter, more independent than those that follow every rule? Nope, you are not.
Do you really like getting all those tattoos and piercings and generally looking like sexually molested Garbage Pail Kids? Or do you dress like this because you are mad at your suburban middle-class upbringing and you thought it was too strict and structured and your parents would never let you leave the house with a bare midriff?
All you are doing is having a knee-jerk reflex reaction to the perceived Authority. You are not genuinely thinking for yourself. The authority figures still possess just as much abject power over your life, as they do over people that you say are slaves. Do you genuinely like that guy you are dating that looks like a sexually molested Garbage Pail Kid? Or are you just dating him because your parents told you that you couldn’t?
Wouldn’t it be a better idea to engage in actual rational thought? Think about whether a particular behavior is genuinely the right thing to do.
Don’t simply think, “oh the mainstream authority wants me to do this. Therefore I will automatically do the opposite.” You should not automatically discount a choice in life simply *because* it is what the "Authority" tells you to do. Just because the "Authority" tells you to be non-promiscuous, does not automatically make this the wrong decision in life.
It might still be a good choice. If it is a healthy, smart path to take it, then take it. Who cares what the authority thinks? What does it matter that this happens to be the same thing "Authority" wants you to do? Why would you eliminate the option not to do drugs just because mainstream "Authority" tells you not to do drugs?
If it is the right healthy decision, then do it anyway, no matter what the authority thinks.
After all, how much free thought is truly involved here? All they're doing is looking at what the perceived authority figure is doing, and then simply doing the opposite. They are not _truly_ thinking about what is the best decision. Do you genuinely like that guy that looks like______
Did they truly apply any critical thinking towards their choices? What mental [[[[rigor, steps, methods]]]] transpired during their decision-making process? It seems that the exact people___ still have enormous influence over your thoughts, your actions, your cognitive processes.
Parents and church people are authority figures that made you go to church when you were little. As you got older, you rebels decided not to go to church any more, or indeed, to be religious at all. But are you truly happier and more at peace now without spirituality in your life? Or did you simply decide not to be churchy for the reason that you felt it was imposed on you as a kid? And that it was a drag?
It is apparent that the "Authority" still has a stronghold over how you conduct your life.
You think people that blindly follow authority are just sheep? Well hate to break it to you, cous', but you are every bit as easily duped, gullible, culpable as those that you claim "blindly" follow authority.
You think you are smarter, more independent than those that follow every rule? Nope, you are not.
Do you really like getting all those tattoos and piercings and generally looking like sexually molested Garbage Pail Kids? Or do you dress like this because you are mad at your suburban middle-class upbringing and you thought it was too strict and structured and your parents would never let you leave the house with a bare midriff?
All you are doing is having a knee-jerk reflex reaction to the perceived Authority. You are not genuinely thinking for yourself. The authority figures still possess just as much abject power over your life, as they do over people that you say are slaves. Do you genuinely like that guy you are dating that looks like a sexually molested Garbage Pail Kid? Or are you just dating him because your parents told you that you couldn’t?
Wouldn’t it be a better idea to engage in actual rational thought? Think about whether a particular behavior is genuinely the right thing to do.
Don’t simply think, “oh the mainstream authority wants me to do this. Therefore I will automatically do the opposite.” You should not automatically discount a choice in life simply *because* it is what the "Authority" tells you to do. Just because the "Authority" tells you to be non-promiscuous, does not automatically make this the wrong decision in life.
It might still be a good choice. If it is a healthy, smart path to take it, then take it. Who cares what the authority thinks? What does it matter that this happens to be the same thing "Authority" wants you to do? Why would you eliminate the option not to do drugs just because mainstream "Authority" tells you not to do drugs?
If it is the right healthy decision, then do it anyway, no matter what the authority thinks.
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