I'm currently watching a Republican CNN presidential candidate debate. What strikes me the most is the number of times I hear people say something to the effect of this was the intention of our forefathers.
If you went to grad school with me, you may know that I have absolutely no patience for the "this is the way it's always been done" argument. Or maybe not. I might've been too busy chugging caffinated beverages to share my thoughts.
It doesn't matter the political party; we hear the 'this is what people intended for us over 200 years ago' argument ALL the time.
When I was at Chef AJ's vegan cooking demo a few weeks ago, she made a similar point. Someone mentioned that we had been eating excessive sugars and processed foods for decades - why should we stop now? Chef AJ's response was We also enslaved people for hundreds of years. Do you want to argue with me that because we've done it for a long time that makes slavery okay?
This vegan is really tired of the status quo argument. That shit is for catchy High School Musical songs.
I think governing documents and policies are important, but doesn't it make more sense for us to continually evaluate what makes sense in the present rather than pride ourselves on rule based on a 200+ year old piece of paper? Maybe I'm just losing my mind since my veins are full of Kale instead of delicious table salt.
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