Mainstream and deviance

We all are suppose to be "mainstream" and we are all suppose to be "normal" but what are these? To be average, there has to be a group that is below average and one that's above average. Superiority is a given. We are stopped to "stay out of trouble," but who determines what's wrong?
If we didn't have someone to do what we consider horrible jobs, someone would still have to do them.
Our society is the first to judge other members in it based on the middle class values. Who decides these values? The middle class, I hate to tell you doesn't.
Deviant
We are all deviant. We all do stuff other people don't appreciate; if we didn't we would be essentially robots. Some people are in a sense. However; why subscribe to a set of values most people share if they are terrible. If you hate gay people (I think of this example after some religious official announced that gays should 'die out'), you have a right to be smacked maybe. As a country we aren't very supportive of gays. But we are also against them being in our military. If you want to go serve in the military and risk your life for this country I don't care who you are thank you! I don't care who is defending me, I can sleep tonight.

Following what norms and values are taught to you are great.

Christopher Columbus didn't listen when they said the world was flat.
Ben Franklin didn't listen when he was told his inventions wouldn't work.
The civil rights movement worked because people stopped listening to the Jim Crow laws.
Women's suffrage worked because they realized that the laws were unfair and they started to challenge the ideas.

You are reading this because I have a right to say this. Because along the way, free speech was acquired for me through people being "deviant" being labeled as "criminal" and standing up in what they believe in.

Never judge people based on labels. We each are trying to find who we are and what we believe in. So, don't believe in everything you read, hear, or see. There may just be more to it than you think.

Never leave a man behind

I title this the marine motto; I feel you will understand later.

One of my better qualities is and probably will always be caring about other people. I get a lot of credit from my friends on the idea of acceptance. They will tell you I am the most forgiving and overlooking friend they have. The truth may simply be that I am not. I am full of prejudices, and stereotypes. I am the first to judge. My personal goal is to break this though; each new person I meet brings a new perspective; I get to know them and I respect them.
We are all a judging society. Most don't bother to take the chance to get to know people. There was a point I didn't either. As a result; my friends aren't just like me. I have friends from all backgrounds. They each have their own flaws. Some of these things drive me nuts! But I love them just the same.
You can judge someone based on so many things; but you can also be the person who says wow they are weird, I wonder what their story is. When you learn about a person you are learning about yourself. You are learning to accept another group who you may have had no idea about who they are. When they mess up; remember who they are. Understand what they are going through before you decide to be judgmental and join the group of people against them once again.