why is it that every time i have an idea that doesn't conform with mainstream views, i get shut down? i refuse to think inside the box, and be kept in this bubble the media wants us in. 

we are all "encouraged" to have our own thoughts, but when we finally speak up, we are told we are "wrong" or "crazy". if we don't explore other options, where will we be? no change will occur, no one will question things that should be questioned. 

what would have happened if the people behind the civil rights movement were discouraged and stayed quiet? it's time for us to investigate other "facts". i'm so sick and tired of just accepting what the government says as "truth". what about the anti-choice laws that the state governments are trying to pass? what about the prohibition of marijuana, and all the nonviolent offenders sitting in prison right now? what about the military continually trying to cover up sexual assault? what about the "recommended" schedule of vaccinations? the list is never ending. i could also go on about conspiracy theories, but i don't have two weeks to sit here and write all that i know about them. 

you can call me radical, i don't care. 

if we don't learn to think for ourselves again, our generation will be lost.