tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407507233856990377.post4416729407039666724..comments2023-08-17T00:31:28.700-07:00Comments on Deep Pagan Thoughts: Pagans and PoliticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4407507233856990377.post-19664382918661906072012-05-14T07:52:25.359-07:002012-05-14T07:52:25.359-07:00Good observations. I personally get very weary of ...Good observations. I personally get very weary of politics, partly because I have trouble seeing any real or lasting change. The whole "War on Women" issue has been very discouraging because I thought these issues were settled long ago. Yet they aren't, and there are people who are working very hard to deprive others of their rights, just as they were 40 years ago. Same lies, new faces. I want to help, but at the same time I don't want to face the same battles I did when I was in my 20s and 30s and 40s, with the same types of people who don't listen and won't take no for an answer (until, of course, you step on their toes, when they waste no time before screaming "PERSECUTION"). <br /><br />So in that sense it's hard for me to get excited about politics of any sort. As I get older my opinion gets more toward "If you aren't harming me or anybody else, you can do whatever the f you want." Unfortunately the current crop of Republicans is hell-bent on imposing what passes for their morality on us. But if I don't have to comment on it, and if I don't have to participate in the drama, I don't. Basically in a lot of ways I agree with whoever said "Politics is an ape's game." <br /><br />That doesn't mean I won't fight for someone's rights. It does mean I will look hard at the issue before I weigh in. I made a wrong decision recently on a touchy subject in the Pagan community, and I have had regrets. I have been careful since then to look hard at what I want to get involved in and what I want to use my limited and very precious time on. Politics is low on the priority list, and drama even lower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com