Population: Hypocrisy

I take issue with American society today;

The people within this great country have become quite possibly the largest population of hypocrisy in the modern world.

Everyday I see topics in the news centered around abortion, gay-marriage, weed, etc.

Those issues are important and relevant to people and have thus become a big deal. This is part of the normal process of a dynamic society. It may even be called the "evolution of a society." --Notice I say "...a society" not simply "society". I will get to that in a moment.

There is one great and tantamount issue that immediately reveals itself within society during the debates and discussion of these topics: freedom of speech

Those who do not support or agree with marriage-equality, abortion, and the legalization of weed are faced with a huge and constant wave of attacks. One right after the other. They are called such names as "scum of the earth, conservatives, backwards, backwoods, redneck, dumb, uneducated, religious scum, etc..." simply because they are voicing their opinions.

Do you see the issue with this?

The same people invoking the right to free-speech to support their cause attack those who use the same expression of free-speech to support their beliefs. It is hypocrisy at its finest and it's dead-wrong.

The nation is much like the ocean; there is an ebb and flow to everything and rarely a calm time. Clouds thicken and turn black overhead, the waves grow taller and wider, and the air cold.

America is not balanced and in many respects has never been balanced on civil rights issues, economics, morals, you name it.

But now is different. When people want something they have to have it; and will utterly disregard all opposing views and go to such lengths as filing them under the name of "THREAT" which if enough people agree with can go further in such extremism to "Elimination". All it takes is generalizing and a label and you can create your own explosive mix of radicalism.

Everyone is entitled to their point of view. No one is entitled to hatred for expressing their beliefs.

And the issues with civil rights and other stuff like legalizing weed is not always a black and white issue. Sometimes there are gray areas where the subject is simply subjective and not objective in regards to correctness.

For example: weed may help a man who has chronic back pain and doesn't feel like he should have to fork out thousands of dollars every month for a prescription when he can instead pay a couple hundred for his weed. Others may feel (and rationally so) that weed inhibits a persons senses and abilities to perform certain tasks, making that person more of a liability than an asset in certain situations like driving, working, etc. Both are views founded on some level of rational thought.
   So what is the deciding factor? Usually past and current socio-environmental factors arise to guide a persons judgement of such issues. In other words; morals. When logic fails morals come to the rescue, and when morals fail logic comes to the rescue.

Instead of creating enemies and animosity, why not become a true progressive in the sense that condescension and hatred are not tolerated on either end of either party. The Christians and religious don't want marriage-equality because of what their scriptures tell them, not because they have a deep-seeded hatred for the homosexuality community. If both parties, and particularly the more left-leaning population took the time to understand their opposites they might be able to formulate more successful platform.