I'm trying to be less spiteful towards the world.

It amazes me that even in communities that are "anti-oppression", with all those free-thinkers, there is still so much discrimination. But it's a new form, at least new to me. It's discrimination against the majority. It's one thing to not be in the majority, by choice or my fact, but it's another entirely to hate the majority solely because it is the majority. That's just as spiteful, just as harmful, as hating the minority just because they are different. And this isn't some rare occurance. It happens everyday.

How many times have you heard someone say all Christians are bigots? That all Christians hate everyone who isn't Christian? I hear it all the time. In fact, much more than I ever see Christians going off on other people, I see other people victimize themselves and so put all Christians in the role of victimizer. Yet that's so not the case. You want an example? The one person who has been most open about my spirituality, a devot Roman Catholic. The one person who has been most closed-minded about it, a fellow Atheist. I've never once heard an atheist say anything less than derogatory towards a Christian. Not once. Yet, being an atheist, I never once had a Christian ever say anything derogatory to me. Not once. And that's not for lack of chance. God knows, I get in enough religious conversations to get them plenty of chance.

Yet even I'm guilty of being angry at someone because they are in the majority. But I've finally realized it's because I'm jealous of them. Sometimes I wish I was in the majority. It would be nice if people assumed you were atheist, unless otherwise noted. Instead of assuming you were Christian unless otherwise noted. And I'm not talking just religion, that's simply the easiest example because it's got nice labels (yes I just said that). It IS nice to have most of society on your side for once. I miss that greatly. I'm jealous of those who have that. It's tiring to always be different.

But I can't let jealousy rule me. So I'm trying to stop being so spiteful to the majority. I'm trying to stop being so judgemental. I can't know someone by the name they call themselves, by the book(s) they read, even by what they say of themselves. So I'm trying to stop. Because I've been way to judgemental lately, and it's caused me to be bitter towards the world. And I don't like being bitter. I like loving everyone and being happy-go-lucky. So, I'm working on it.

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