If not already baffling enough, another example may be if I was to boldly say "I hate how society is these days". Of course in clear conscious of what that meant, the statement is very normal and sincere. However, because I myself am part of this "society" that I speak of; I'm basically saying that : "I hate myself these days". Now I don't know about you reader, but the statements "I hate how society is these days" compared to "I hate myself these days" are completely different. Because one is speaking of a dislike toward the public, while the other is directed toward myself (or himself... whatever), all because of the literal usage of "society". In addition to this already mind blowing (personal opinion) realization, is that even if, lets say, I claim that I'm not part of this "society". Well if all of us who are writing of this "society" deny ourselves to be part of this "society", then who in freak are we referring "society" to be??? It's funny because lets says I am writing something about society, and a person I don't even know of is writing of a similar same thing. Then that means, we each are referring to each other as part of the "society" we write about, even though we ourselves deny to be part of it since we are the ones writing against it ("it" being not part of the "society" discussed). But then think about it, if I was to use the earlier statement "I hate how society is these days", then in normal terms, I'm practically trying to say that I am not satisfied with a particular thing people or "society" is doing. But then that very same statement will be twisted if say another person says or writes a similar thing, again referring you to be part of the "society" hated. It's then funny again, because in way, a person that you don't even know... hates you.....and you hate him...... even though yall (yes I used yall) are on similar terms referring to the "other people" that you both find hate to. Furthermore, the "other people" that yall now find a dislike to (even though yall are necessarily not on the same terms) may include people that to find a similar dislike to what yall are essentially disliking. But because of this perplexed usage of "society", everyone that is true and corresponding to each other in terms of opinions, are actually not. Resulting in a huge mess of people hating each other, while the initial disliked group of people that actualyl are the ones reffered to as "society" can be questioned to as if they are actually to or not to be disliked and hated.
Now that is what I go through on a normal basis..... call me a freak..... or insane. But in truth, if you actually think about it hard enough, all of that seems to make sense (at least to me), somehow. Well that's all I have for this time. Once again I'd like to thank those that read my blog. And this time, comment because I'm interested in what your opinions are. Because right now.... I feel like a complete psycho freak.
and btw, if you haven't noticed.... this blog is shorter than the one I claimed to be short... that turned out quite lengthy lol....
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yes it was quite lengthy, despite the one you claimed to be short o-o
Of course you're not a psycho freak, David ... ^^
I think your confusion is perfectly legitimate. People define "society" differently and, as you touched on in your sharing, they define it somehow as an antagonistic force. There is indeed no way of knowing who falls into that antagonistic force, and as you said, there is also this ambivalence on the part of the writer as well because he makes it sound like he doesn't belong to it but in fact, he IS part of it. So the question will always be: who is this "society" inclusive of exactly?
One thing you mentioned that truly hits the nail on the head: people often magnify their differences just because they have different takes on things in "society". Obviously "society" is a multi-faceted construct, and people are entitled to different opionions about different aspects of social reality. But when people engage in excessively confrontational discourse about society that emphasizes differences rather than common ground, the communication becomes more harmful than beneficial. So I think your entry is very sobering in that it reminds us of the implications involved when state our views about anything societal in scope.
Vaughan you are a genius.... I just delved into what you wrote... and it's basically what I TRIED to write.
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