Frustrated!!

“Better safe than sorry” – that’s a phrase I’ve heard all my life. It used to mean something. It meant well, if you can take yourself out of a potentially dangerous situation, then do so, because it’s better to be safe. Nowadays that phrase means something else I fear. Even though we used that phrase all the time, we knew that life was not inherently safe. Never was. Never will be.  If you can avoid something and want to avoid something that you think is unsafe, then you have every right to do so to protect yourself. But know that just because you are doing that doesn’t mean that you are safe for all time. Because you’re not. By the same token, you should not be allowed to tell people not to do something just because you are afraid to do it. If you want to live your life in constant fear and paranoia and lock yourself up in your house until life is “safe” then go ahead. But don’t tell me that I have to. I am not stupid. I know what’s going on. Do what you feel you need to do to “feel safe” but do not force me to do what YOU think I should do, just because you bought into the hype and the lies. Again, I’m not stupid. I know what’s going on. Protect yourself the way you see fit, protect the elderly and the vulnerable. But LET THE REST OF US LIVE OUR LIVES!  It is freedom at its most basic form. People have fought wars and fled their homelands to attain that freedom. The saddest part of this alleged “safety” is that it is filled with so many holes and contradictions and lack of common sense that people have to be unbelievably mindless to believe it. But they are taking what they are being spoon fed with all the trust and untouched innocence of a child. The majority of the American public, I fear, is blindly following along and not questioning anything. Some of us are. And we are being looked upon as selfish, crazy, conspiracy theorists. And being told that our beliefs are political and that we have absolutely no concern for our fellow human beings. And if you think things are bad now, they’re only going to get worse if our country heads in the wrong direction. If you are that scared, why don’t you build yourself a big glass box to live in for the rest of your life?  I want my freedom. I want my right to choose how I handle my health and my life. Want to talk about social distancing? If you don’t want me to breathe on you, then stay the hell away from me. My gloves are coming off. I’ve been so done with this crap for months now. If you don’t like what I’m saying – or posting on social media – I have a newsflash for you:  YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ IT!  America is about freedom, not control. If you want the kind of country where your every waking moment is handled by someone else, be careful what you wish for – you just might get it.