Labels, labels, labels…..

This is a blog entry that I have been wanting to write so many times over the past months, but just have never felt that I had the words to organize all my thoughts around it, until now.

OOOOOOKKKK, let’s have a chat about labels. From birth to death, most of us walk a path of trying to find or hide from a “label” to be associated with. It involves, clothing brands, skin care, cars, social groups, colleges, you get the picture. Let’s be clear, I was a victim of needing to be associated with labels throughout my life. In my teen years, I rocked Esprit and Benetton, and was obsessed with one day driving a Jeep wrangler (which I never accomplished!). After college, I was obsessed with having a Louis Vuitton and Hermes bag, and being labeled as successful. Now in my 40’s I am more concerned with avoiding labels as much as humanly possible. The more labels are associated, the more I avoid.

Enter today. “Pro-Vaxxer/Anti-Vaxxer”, “Republican/Democrat”, “left/right”, “Normie/Conspiracy theorist”, “Woke/Sheeple”, the list goes on and on. Well, since this is my platform to express my thoughts, THIS IS ALL GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO END.

How very self righteous, primarily ignorant and elitist of all of us to somehow feel superior to someone else because we have decided who fits into these categories. When did it become acceptable to cast judgement upon someone that we DO NOT EVEN KNOW, and then cast them aside with a label because they associate differently than you or I. WHO CARES?!?! Not who cares in a dismissive way, that is basically the same as labeling someone to begin with. We were all created individually (fingerprints are a good proof point) we all come from extremely different walks of life, yet we all share the same journey to start our lives and we are all social beings with a need for belonging.

The most common label present in my life is the good old “Anti-Vaxxer”. Personally, I don’t even really know what the definition of an “anti-vaxxer” is. I do know that my definition is probably different that yours. I don’t associate myself as an “anti-vaxxer”, but I am sure that many of you reading would. This is exactly my point. The media portrays “Anti-Vaxxer’s” as either uneducated moms, who sit at home and watch tv, listening to Jenny McCarthy and obtain their “info” from mommy blogs. OR, “Anti-vaxxers” are well educated, white, upper class mothers, who are considered to be “elitist’s that don’t care about the health of other people’s already sick children. Well, the last time I checked, I don’t fit into either of those categories, either willingly or by default. Why do I need to have a label to begin with? Why do I need to be put into a class, because my beliefs and (intensive) research differ from mainstream? Labels bind, limit and are myopic, and that just doesn’t work with where my beliefs lie or how I function in general.

Has anyone noticed how the media spend’s more time creating illustrative headlines and creating hysteria, than actually just factual reporting? There is a reason for that. It’s sensationalism at best and continues the divide of “we the people” which perpetuates a (false) sense of belonging. I refuse to associate myself as a Republican/Democrat. I refuse to associate with being labeled as a “conspiracy theorist”an “anti-vaxxer”, or even being “woke” all because I choose to “look behind the curtain” and strive to critically think through everything for myself.

It blows my mind (and hurts my heart) to watch the insane number of people who have jumped all over the media’s spin on Trump’s question about disinfectants and light therapy. I have watched people try to destroy each other on how “Trumpster’s” should follow suit and inject themselves first or how Trump is trying to kill people, and if you attempt to clarify or sound like you are defending him, you are garbage too and deserve to die. IT IS INSANE. I cannot and will not engage in any of this destructive behavior, so instead I purge in my blog.

Want to know the irony in watching all of this? The same people verbally destroying others also happen to be the people screaming for vaccines. Here’s the irony and honestly ignorance in all of this, those same people who condemn Trump for inquiring about disinfectants have obviously never read the excipients/ingredients in vaccines. There is a laundry list of “disinfectants” within every single vaccine (read a vaccine product insert, it’s not pretty). It is hypocritical at best, and if you say it’s not hypocritical for not knowing or being told about vaccine ingredients, then there is the learning opportunity. Read a product insert, know both sides of the coin before you attempt to destroy people who don’t instantly agree with your (limited) knowledge and opinion.

Here is a little food for thought. I encourage any nay-sayer’s to please go research what is below. There is so much more going on than the main steam media is telling us all! We can truly only be “in this together” if we stop condoning this obvious division being perpetuated. Educate and empower the people, not divide to destroy.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783265/

https://www.healthline.com/health/ozone-therapy

“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.” -Wayne Dyer

So much love and respect. xo

-e