Let me start off by saying that no matter how I've thought about this, there has always been bits that part of my thoughts go, "Yep, that's going to upset some people." I even thought about not giving my own personal thoughts on these controversial divides the "Penny's Worth of Thoughts" tag, as I have tried to keep it as much of a neutral ground as I could. But, that reasoning also doubles back on me: I like the neutral ground as a way of offering communication with a variety of different perspectives, yet how can I truly claim that if I'm fearful of bringing my own to the table. So, I sit here ready to type in hopes that I can show some faith in my own neutral ground, and maybe a bit of perspective of what I keep to myself as I continue on with this series.
Let's start with what could very well be the big thing of this entire post: Yes, I support President Trump. Yes, I know that he has rubbed people the wrong way, and in that regard, I can agree that there could perhaps be more tact in some of what he says or does. However, I think his approach to the president's seat with the business mindset has had some positives in one way or another. I also realize that not everyone has had the same experiences. Truth be told, there are probably a few things I'm not aware of, both on the positive and negative sides, as politics is not something I stray into, sometimes even actively avoiding--and as an aside, I've sat rereading just what I had up to this point, not to figure out what to add, but thinking of all the potential comments punching holes into just this one paragraph, for more than a few minutes now. Believe me, you all would have great questions and statements that I have no answers for. I even just typed this much just to appease my neutral mentality, further raising my own self-doubts on the rest of this post.
Shifting on, before I reread for the tenth time, as I'm already starting to come to the conclusion that I suck at picking sides. The next main one involves religion, as you'd be surprised how frequently I get asked of my faith. My response is usually, as is my trend, of my neutral stance, but I'd like to take this to elaborate. The closest identifier I've ever come across is the one of agnostic, being someone who believes what I can prove, though it's less in the regard of being unable to prove any deity, and more in the line of, with our current understandings, such proof is beyond our grasp. I grew up Methodist Christian, which is where some of my mannerisms stem from. My neutral stance came about with the simple realization that many religious stories have more similarities than most realize, just told from a different perspective from one another, making it difficult for me to wholly agree or disagree with any.
With the two major ones out of the way--and yes, I know there's probably just as many holes in my religious view as my political--most of the rest are either less controversial, or at the very least, less mentioned. Starting with the one my recently abuzz with the recent Super Bowl: No, I do not have a sports team I root for. You'd have better odds of finding a legit 6IV, choice natured Shiny Pokemon with no masuda, charm, chain, or IV breeding than to find me rooting for a sports team--and for those not fluent in Pokemon nerd: one in a million has better odds than what I just described. LGTBQ group, or non-binary, which ever you guys are going by these days, I'll just start by saying that in my reasoning, male and female are done deal as far as genders, as far as sexuality, you guys do you, just leave me out of it.
I think that's just about it. I'm sure I've probably got a half dozen or more talks or comments coming my way, so it's probably time to retreat into my Yoshi Egg after posting this. I will say actually typing it out was much shorter than my thoughts had me expecting it to be... though some chunks probably got cut as I started. Hell, even getting this far, I'm still tempted to hit that X in the corner, stop myself from following Pandora's path. And yes, I know, I really am bad at picking sides, but a neutral zone has to be open to all sides, even it's own.
Just a penny's worth of thoughts, for those who don't hate me for reading them.
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