#self righteousness

Upon the murder of the six Israeli hostages, I say from the bottom of my heart to all of those who excused this,

Stand on the side of understanding. Just as firmly as others pick one side, chose to remain here viewing both sides. Finding understanding and openness of many views. Self-righteousness plants the seeds of bitterness, hostility and sadness. Where understanding cultivates sweetness, kindness, and growth. Instead of being on a side of the fence, be on the fence. There are many views, does one view have to be the right and only view?

They were a fiercely moralistic generation, at least in the west, for a lot of reasons, which are up to speculation. But they sorta crawled up their own asshole in a way I'm worried we'll imitate. Obviously, this is a broad generalization but boomers seem to have this sort of ignorant self-righteous air about them, and it's fairly obvious how that formed. They were the social activists when they were young, they were the good guys, the progressives and they got complacent. They got used to feeling morally superior and perhaps for a time they were. But they placed themselves on a pedestal and it seems they got stuck there.

I just see that arrogance in us, and right now it's not really a problem for me cause I largely agree with what we're saying, but eventually, the tides will change on us. Whether it's Gen Alpha or Beta or Ceta it doesn't really matter, if we do our jobs right, and create a better world, they will surpass us. Arguably we have a duty to be surpassed. But we can do so with grace. Gen X has so far been pretty good about keeping up with the times, they're younger than the boomers to be fair, but credit where credit is due. I'd theorize that's because, for better or worse, Gen X was pretty ignored and they gained no glory for their workings. They didn't get a pedestal to get off of. We can learn from them, keep an open mind and have the humility to accept when we're wrong. That's all we need to do to avoid an ignoble end.