My Opinions on the Israel/Gaza Situation, Trans Rights, and Abortion…
…are not shared online.
When he was a teenager, my grandfather probably had opinions on Israel, abortion and who knows what else. And he may well have shared them with other people. And if he did, I doubt there is any record of it.
When he was a teenager, my father probably had opinions on Israel, abortion and who knows what else. And he may well have shared them with other people. And if he did, I doubt there is any record of it.
They both grew up in pre-social media ages.
As a teenager today I need to be aware what I share. A couple of years ago a kid had his five minutes of fame for being sent home from school for wearing a T-shirt that said there were only 2 genders. Whether you agree with him or not, I hope you realize how weird it was for a kid to own such a T-shirt, to even want to have such a T-shirt. My guess is that his dad had strong views about it and the boy was parroting him. I doubt either of them have any academic background to drive their views or have done any real research. They just KNEW they were correct.
A decade or two from now, that kid will be grown up. He may still hold his views on gender identity, he may have changed them. But a prospective employer, or girlfriend, or friend can google his name and find he was the 2 Gender T-shirt kid. Depending upon opinions in the future, that may come back to haunt him, even if only in making that prospective employer decide that he might be too much of a troublemaker to risk hiring.
I’m sure if I went back far enough I will find I have ancestors who were against inter-race marriages, or inter-faith marriages, or women having the right to vote. Or rather, I probably wouldn’t. They probably didn’t feel the need to record their views for posterity.
When I his the publish button, I risk having the views I express here outlast me. Two hundred years from now the aliens who find the ruins of human civilization may read these words (sorry, aliens, it’s not the best record of humanity!!!). I should be careful what I post (but too often am not – she gave herself very good advice, but very rarely followed it).
At least that’s my opinion.
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