The Division Bell

Yesterday, I got into a heated arguement with a former Multiply contact on someone else's blog. This isn't the first time this has happened with her. A few weeks back, I made the mistake of trivializing an idea on one of her blogs and was ruthlessly attacked for it. Why the hate? I'm not entirely sure, but after yesterday's exchange, I can only assume it is because I am politically to the left of mainstream, and because I've verbally spoken out about issues with Christianity.

This is a person who has many times stated that political correctness is killing our country. I agree with her on this statement. I've never accepted or went out of my way to be P.C. with people, although I do try to be respectful. What she doesn't realize, is that by expecting me to censure my views about Christianity, she is in fact expecting me to be politically correct. It's always ironic when you become what you hate.

It seems to me that there are some out there that are looking for the division bell. They surround themselves with like minded individuals so as to insulate themselves from what they view as evil opposing viewpoints. Like the savage boys in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, they seperate themselves from reason and logical debate and embracing isolationism within their peergroup of like minded individuals. Is this behaviour the natural instinct of humans or have we evolved enough to learn to listen without prejudice? I, for one, choose to listen first. There are always more than one viewpoint and nothing in life is absolutely black and white.

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