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Chocolate Milk

You tempt me

So tantalizing

You tease me

Tickle my tastebuds

You please me

Just need one sip
Baby

You please me

"Take it how you want, but it's clearly not about chocolate milk"

   ~ Kidd   

 

Groupthink

After watching Erykah Badu's video for Window Seat, and listening to the words she speaks at the end, it made me think how much we, as a society, tend to conform. Groupthink is a kind of conformity in which what is popular in a cohesive in-group becomes so dominant, so the norm, that it overrides appraisal of an alternative. In other words, individuality is looked down up while conformity is accepted and reinforced. In the video Erykah Badu stripped herself of everything holding her back, of everything making her like everyone else, of everything stopping her from being her true self...this was done in the form of her literally stripping and walking down the street. First off, the body is banging lol...but beyond that the concept was bananas. I mean imagine what it would be like if we could free ourselves from the social cobweb that traps us and keeps us from reaching our full potential. Think about it, by conforming to social norms instead being our individual selves and going against the grain, we are ultimately allowing society to dictate our actions and, even worse, limit our minds. So often we, myself included, are afraid to go against what is popular because we fear that rejection, we fear being part of the out-group--as if being part of the out-group is punishment for doing something different. But why do we fear being different? Because society tells us that it's wrong.  At the end of the video, Badu is shot and the word "groupthink" spills onto the ground. Her character was assassinated after stripping down and being noticed for her individuality. Wow individuality leading to character assassination...who'da thunk it? The sad thing is that it's true...we are put down, pushed to the side, and dismissed when we choose to go against what is accepted and expected and, instead, allow ourselves to be free and live freely. Think about it.

"Sometimes you have to forgo doing what's popular in order to do what's right."

~ Kidd    

Erykah Badu - Window Seat

You have to watch it all the way through in order to get the full understanding because this video is AMAZING!

"they play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they do not understand"

Poli-Ticks...Maybe I Just Don't Get It

So I'm not one to get too deep into politics, I mean I know what I'm for and I know what I'm against, but at the same time my life does not revolve around picking apart every little political issue.  So I'm not gonna get all deep in this post...just briefly stating my opinions and movin on.

Over the weekend President Obama made history by passing the Healthcare Bill, which is something I support wholeheartedly. What boggles my mind is the backlash it has received. I understand that there are fundamental differences between democrats and republicans, but listening to some of the arguments against this bill leaves me asking the question: Huh? Lol, seriously, I try to listen to the points they make, but the main thing that I keep hearing is that mandating healthcare isn't the responsibility of the government....yet it's okay for states to mandate auto insurance and (if some could have it their way) it would be okay for government to regulate who we can/can't marry? Some may say that these are very different things and they might be right, but in my opinion they're pretty much the same. So I'm over that argument. It. Doesn't. Make. Sense.

Then, a lot of people argue that universal healthcare is so dreadfully wrong...is it really? So the idea of everyone being able to seek and receive health care is....bad? Silly rabbits, that's a little selfish isn't it? Everyone deserves to be able to see a doctor when they need to.The End. Now, I may be alone in my opinions, and that's alright, but my heart is large (figuratively speaking) and I would give the shirt off my back to someone in need, so if I have to pay for someone else to receive health care all I ask is that you show me a receipt lol. Honestly, money doesn't matter to me that much because when my time on Earth is over, that money is not coming with me. Maybe I'm being naive in my thinking, but the amazing thing is that I'm allowed to be. Which brings me to the disgusting actions that took place over the weekend that should never be allowed or accepted at any time.

Are you really calling people Niggers and Faggots and baby killers and spitting on people because you disagree with their ideology? I can't even try to comprehend the thought process some of you have....and you're supposed to be adults who want to be listened to, taken seriously, and who want to have input....C'mon son calm down you're making yourself look bad. Look, we're all allowed to have our opinions, but more importantly we all deserve to be respected. Dialogue is great, but when hate is infused it becomes way too personal and nothing gets accomplished. So let's continue to have an open dialogue, healthy disagreement, but let's also remember to remain respectful and tactful. I'm Done. Politics...maybe I just don't get it.

"People in glass houses have to answer the door"

- Kidd   

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Intent v. Impact
Speak freely 

What's in your heart

But beware

What lives on your tongue

His words, her words

Their words, some words

Are not meant to do harm

But slick words, sly words

Your words, my words

Can make another's 

Heart go numb

And blood run cold

Remember

The heart walks with caution

But the tongue 

The tongue can be shamelessly bold

Strong relative to size

But has no self-restraint

We can lock it in prison

But forget we shouldn't

Always say what we think

So speak freely

What's in your heart

But beware 

What lives on your tongue

What is seen as harmless to you

May be heartbreaking for some

- Kidd