So this evening I heard a lot of stuff that really made me laugh, and later got me fumed. And it all had to do with rainbows.
First of all, I change the color of my hair a lot. And I just changed it recently from dark (for the winter) to strawberry blond (for the summer). And I went to a watering hole by my house and a man that I’ve known for a long time said that I should dye my hair like a rainbow. I said, no, I’ve already done the crazy colors and I’m over that. I just like changing my hair color, but I’ve moved on to at least halfway normal colors.
He said that if I dyed my hair in a rainbow it would have the connotation (at least in big cities) that I was gay. He said that’s the new fad; Rainbow for Gay.
Hahahahaha, I said, that’s been around for a LONG time! You go to Key West (as I’ve seen) or look at the news, that’s the universal sign for same-sex preference. But he didn’t know that.
But THEN at the same time a bunch of people were talking about going to the Rainbow Gathering that is happening relatively close to us this year.
It’s funny that floating a rainbow flag says one thing but going to a Rainbow Gathering is a rally of what I would call earthridden people who think more of saving their ‘community’ of barterers than the community that most of them live in (and really rely upon) on a regular basis.
And I respect each and every one who has the balls to stand up for what and/or who they are.
But then I heard people this evening talking about going to the Rainbow Gathering and how they are not going to take their dogs because their dogs might get in the way of their spiritual enlightenment at the ‘Gathering.’
And they said that on one morning (at this said ‘gathering’) they were going to have an absolutely silent morning where nobody speak from waking until noon. And then at noon they all say hail mary’s or some shit in the word of peace.
And I think that’s fine that they believe that will work.
BUT…
This world is so corrupt and fucked up that the idea of a group of unwashed, unkempt, starving, begging, trading and ‘having their silent time for peace’ men and women will change the course of this world makes me a little ill.
Not that I think that politicians are going to change things either. But they do have the power to ACTUALLY change things.
Do these Rainbow people think that silent moments in their encampment in the woods is going to change the course of the future? All they seem to do is preach. Why don’t they get into positions that would help to change things instead of stomping down a bunch of acres of land to get together and talk (or pray) about it?
I’m not a redneck. I’m not a hippy. I’m not a wasteoid. And I’m definitely not a politician. I’m not anything but really myself in these views. Maybe if those people who work tireless hours organizing and even just attending this Rainbow Gathering stop trying to work on the barter system and the peace love and happiness system, and instead use those efforts to storm the fucking White House and tell them exactly what they want to say; something might get accomplished! Take example from your formers (the real hippies of the 60s and 70s) and make a stand instead of just working for yourselves and your own community.
Masses are better than one single person speaking for a purpose.
Not to say that they’re right or wrong and that I believe or not believe necessarily in what they are (attempting) to stand for. But I would respect them a lot more if they did something proactive for the country instead of having their Gathering to promote peace. Have you all noticed that the Rainbow Gathering has been going on a long time and this country is still struggling?
The Rainbow Gathering is not for world or even United States peace. It’s a crew of its own, trying to sustain something of their OWN. They’re almost thumb to teeth to the people who contribute to the common good, (ie paying taxes, paying for goods instead of bartering, etc.). I’m down with them being environmental….but they have a beef with the WHOLE system. The ’system’ may be wrong but DO something about it besides bartering in the woods and praying for something to happen.
And that’s fine that those people want to sustain that. Just don’t promote that you’re also giving back to the economy and giving back to those who WORK their hardest to support the US, even if it’s paying our fucking taxes.
