Tenderment and enlightenment at around midnight No. 2 (On politics)

So again last night, I had another enlightening talk with a Senior classman. Do I see a trend?

Actually, I don’t know how it was enlightening, since I didn’t really learn anything like the last ones, but it reinforced my newly learned idea that there are some people here who share your mind and interests.

OR tenderment.  Mind you, this is a male persona. Not a female persona who managed to tickle my mind and my heart, but a guy, dude… and whata dude.

This entire chat (Facebook, of course) began with him mentioning his actions against a Selective Service draft he got, and what he thought about it. I talked to him about it, asked him if what he did was, in some words, fair, or legal. We talked about his rebellious, peace-loving, music-breathing ego that I resemble (or try to), his ideas on what should be with the US government, what to do with our lives, rock ‘n’ roll, love…and much to my pleasing, we have the same ideas on politics.

We both have nothing against our US Army, God bless them, but we have something to say on the politics in everything leading to it. How the government has treated many issues during the 20^th century, 60s and early 90s. How there shouldn’t be any political party system here, how much dependent we are on them or not. How we don’t loath but doubt our president…

I’m going to expand on this, believe me, but not here. Not like last time. I think for something this important, I guess, to people, I should make it a topic between me and the reader, not two thinkers and the reader.

Now before anything, I didn’t even know the guy. I met him spontaneously standing infront of Mrs. Mixon’s ELA classroom as my class waited for her to come back. Band geek, seemed cool, reminded me alot of James Franco, hell with it, add him on Facebook. What a story. (Sorry, Andrew :/ ) Chatted with him from time to time, developed a connection, and now enveloped it.

However, though, I think this may reinforce a new image I began to realize this month, and it’s this: For someone you just met, you can’t just assume they’re this or that, or don’t seem like they believe in this or that, or do this, etc… Now, alot of us know this already, “don’t judge a book by its cover”, blah blah, but I can tell alot of us don’t take it for heart. Someone you hardly know, don’t know one bit. And someone like me, who just takes the chance and just does it, I’m thoroughly surprised many times how vast someone like this guy can think and analyze aspects of themselves and society. It’s very clear with the prequel to this blog entry.

There truly are some unknown minds in this place, and I’m lucky enough to interview them.

-AG