I saw an interesting sub-question on Twitter yesterday. Someone wrote, "Not sure which show to watch on Netflix now, I want something funny and everything popular seems so dramatic." There are a handful of good original comedies on Netflix, including my favorite "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp" (which was the reason I signed up for Netflix in the first place). And yet, she was right. All of the shows that garnered a buzz and social praise have been dramatic and serious. It is a reflection of the times.
We are each at war, but it is not a collective, unified war. It is a war that each of us has adopted for ourselves, and we fight it with others who see the same injustices the way we do against anyone who does not. The "information superhighway" has given us a battleground for a war against ignorance, which is the true enemy because we cannot understand why anyone would not believe the same way we do. We currently find ourselves in a world that understands you pick your own battles, but we are unable to make the simple deduction that the phrase also means you pick your own enemies.
It is no wonder that comic book movies are so popular in our society today! As serious and dramatic as everything is in our lives, we still have to have some lighthearted entertainment now and again. Comic book movies fit the bill nicely. Everybody sees themselves as battling against the world's super-villains. Or, especially for many who post online throughout the day with weekly tirades, maybe they just want a superhero to swoop in to skew things in favor of what is right and good.
We choose our battles. We choose our enemies. By large, we even choose what is good and what we see as right.
And yet, so many of these online social justice warriors (those who frequently post online about their chosen issues of great importance, without actually joining charitable organizations that try to improve others' lives often affected by such issues) feel so powerless.
They know employers are not looking out for what is best for their employees, yet OSJWs are stuck in dead-end jobs.
They get unhinged at every first-hand account of discrimination found online (no matter how ridiculously one-sided the tale), yet OSJWs villainize the rich. In their limited arsenal of tools is accusing others of having a narrow scope of friends, even though they are not friends with anyone who is even a millionaire or a conservative, or any other traits that they are warring against.
Ultimately, these poor souls lose their battles or the war, because the most hated enemy they chose is within.
