Just some thoughts

Sometimes I get up on a soapbox and stay there for way too long. Mostly only if I'm talking to Keith or writing on here. So fair warning: this is one of those times.

One thing I realized with all of this "make Kony famous" stuff going on is that I am so anti-slacktivism. Definition (courtesy of urbandictionary.com):

The act of participating in obviously pointless activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to fix a problem.

I can't stand it! I feel like I sound so mean but really I think it's so dumb. "I'm a social activist because I don't just surf the internet all day- I surf the internet all day while wearing a 'Kony 2012' bracelet, an 'I love boobies' wrist band, and a pair of TOMS."

If you really want to make a difference in the world go join the military or become a police officer or go on a service mission. Those are the people who are actually getting up and doing something good. And a lot of them don't rub it in the world's face and spam everyone with it because it's trendy. (Some of them do...and that's annoying...but they're better than slacktivists.)

Anyway. Yeah. I could say a lot more but I need to learn when enough of my opinion is enough :)