i actually *enjoy* listening to around 5-10 hours of foreign policy (almost always bent towards anti-State/anti-War) a week, reading some articles i get linked, posting and commenting here and there in different places on the stuff. it's all dreadfully interesting and its, like, right up my alley.
i will gladly concede the often-encountered point of "nearly universally, a lone individual ain't gonna get shit done on such grand scale" but that doesn't really matter to me. i've also got only a *little* bit of illusion that i'm making a difference or some cherubic notion like that. i mean, i talk about this stuff often with my close friends, certain people i meet that i feel would be receptive. we've all got our different areas of interest and surely some are quite uninterested in this stuff on their own. they ain't gonna seek none of it out. but everyone's gotta be familiar with the phenomenon of a good communicator, close friend, or both speaking about something they find interesting that you don't necessarily share...but still enjoying that shit!
the only times i get actually upset are explicit statements that i don't know shit-all and that i'm a fucking idiot or something, seriously claiming that victims of atrocity or war "had it coming", or times where i'm actually somewhat worried about things taking a nasty turn globally.
and that shit never really happens, i am blessed for it.
(i promise i will bring fresh insight and biting wit to the AM I RACIST thread soon once i get my academic ass-paper, gotta hustle atm)
