Tuesday, October 4, 2011

I am Legitimately Upset right now

And I really need to not be, because I have an exam that I need to study for in two hours.  But I am pretty angry right now.  A Pro-Life organization on campus has put up an exhibit on the Diag featuring large, graphic images of abortions, genocide, etc.  I have some issue with that, but they did put up signs warning students about the images, and I was able to avert my eyes so I didn't have to see such images.  I am pro-life, but I don't think using scare or shock tactics is the right way to bring up this issue.  And I think it's more a problem with our society and showing graphic images is not going to change anybody's mind.  This is not a loving way of bringing the issue up.  What about sensitive people?  What if someone walks past who has had an abortion, or someone who has been deeply affected by an abortion?  What of their mental and emotional trauma when they are just trying to go to class?  Yes, I am upset about the display in the Diag, but that is not what is almost making me cry from anger.  I almost feel like I have been violated, not physically but mentally and emotionally.  I try to only put good and perfect things into my mind, be they images or thoughts, and I try to keep out the bad.  I am upset with the large truck they have around campus with a giant picture of a bloody fetus on it.  I had no warning that I was going to look up and be subjected to this image.  I am legitimately angry right now, and I hate that I cry when I'm pretty angry.

2 comments:

  1. I'm sad that you're upset...but it is also so good that things like this make you angry. You SHOULD be upset about these potentially hurtful images that claim to be the Word of God. I'm right there with ya, babe - I didn't see the displays, but heard about them, and it makes me very very upset. -Aims

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  2. I'v come to realize in the past year or so that one thing that's basically guaranteed to make me really frustrated and upset is when Christians (or people upholding Christian values, but especially if they actually say they're Christians) try to do "good" things in a non-loving, ungodly way. If I were on the receiving end of that, it would make me even less inclined to trust these people and their values. And I also empathize with your frustration about inadvertently seeing things you'd rather not put in your mind. Our culture really is kind of screwed up in this area, and I totally feel you. <3

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