Let's not allow the evil few to bring us down

KatieJane83

In times like this, as much as I feel tempted to lose all faith in humanity, it is so much better to think positive. I read this on facebook and it really resonated with me, so I thought I'd share.

"Boston. F*cking horrible.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."

But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.

But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. (Thanks FAKE Gallery founder and owner Paul Kozlowski for pointing this out to me). This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will.""

- Patton Oswalt

DrBentonQuest

Humanity isn't inherently evil and it isn't inherently good.

Humanity is inherently self-serving, for better or worse. Society isn't a corrupting agent, but a weak glue that barely holds most of us together.

KatieJane83

Humanity isn't inherently evil and it isn't inherently good.

Humanity is inherently self-serving, for better or worse. Society isn't a corrupting agent, but a weak glue that barely holds most of us together.

Meh, true. Just like it's true of all other species. Point is, enough people have made the choice to not act out in violence, and enough people have made the choice to help, rather than do nothing or hinder, in these situations.

KatieJane83

*bump* because I think this is worth reading.

ckatastrophy

Bump. Great read. Thanks for sharing.