I guess I do think some people are 'purer' and 'kinder' than (most) others (ie, I don't think you can ascripe a single level of 'darkness' to humanity in general), but they attain that kindness and goodness not through righteousness but through heightened empathy and being at peace with themselves, letting go. People who love do not speak of love but rather become love; people who speak of vengeance and of control of various unsavory social elements are always becoming vulnerable to darkness through the will to power.
But you're right-- this was just a rant, I realize people have a lot invested in their denial of their darker natures, though at the same time one of the beautiful things about fiction is its ability to rip through that denial much more efficiently than any essay or argument :> The answer, as I said, isn't to fight-- it's to go around, to inspire and enlighten without confronting people's fears head-on. And fear is what I think it is-- people have always been afraid of themselves first and foremost, and of course of each other, because on some level we do know each other's dark faces and it freaks us the fuck out :>
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Date: 2007-06-02 09:00 am (UTC)But you're right-- this was just a rant, I realize people have a lot invested in their denial of their darker natures, though at the same time one of the beautiful things about fiction is its ability to rip through that denial much more efficiently than any essay or argument :> The answer, as I said, isn't to fight-- it's to go around, to inspire and enlighten without confronting people's fears head-on. And fear is what I think it is-- people have always been afraid of themselves first and foremost, and of course of each other, because on some level we do know each other's dark faces and it freaks us the fuck out :>