Life is a Dialectic

Many people view the world of which we live in to be black and white, which makes sense as most of the human race are sheep, and they are narrow-minded to one argument or the other. However, from my experience as well as my philosophical research I've realized that life is a dialectic; rather than viewing life as "black and/or white," I view life as a grey area. I hate words such as "oxymoron" or "contradiction." It IS possible that two opposites can be truth at once. As I've stated before, I do not believe in pure good or pure evil, rather I like to think that humans have the choices to do good things and/or engage in "bad" behavior, but with that being said some people choose to do both good and bad things, depending on their mood.

I will use two examples which may seem controversial:

CHARLES MANSON: The psycho drug addict hippie cult leader who is partially responsible for a mass murder spree. He brainwashed stupid bimbos into doing his dirty work basically because he did not receive the record deal he deserved. Now, although he is a psychopath and deserves to be in prison, I believe his music and poetry is beautiful, some of the best work I've ever listened to in my life. His creative music mind was beautiful, haunting and poetic, and the dialectic for Manson is yes, he is considered an "evil psychopath" but also could be considered a "musical genius."

ADOLF HITLER: Although considered as one of the most evil dictators of all time, and responsible for the genocide of almost millions of Jews, I will give him credit where credit is due: he was a very talented speaker, his passion echoed through millions of Germans to do his will. It takes a very passionate and powerful leader to lead a cause such as Nazism, and his legacy is still challenged today and also still represented through Neo-Nazi and White Nationalist groups, most especially Stormfront.org and the American Nazi Party. Although some might say his attack against the Jews was evil, others might say he was passionate in his beliefs and a true iconoclast.

It should also be noted that one man's beliefs of "Evil" are seen as another person's beliefs of "Good." A sociopath is an individual who feels joy and satisfaction from the pain and suffering of others, thus making serial killers and mass murderers. The old saying is true, "nobody is perfect," so idol worship of a so-called "hero" is pointless. It actually makes more sense to worship and/or idolize a villain as they are at least somewhat honest about their mistakes and flaws, but looking up to another individual defeats the purpose of individuality.

In other news, I'm currently reading "Nietzsche and the Gods" and today I went out with some friends and went to the Denver Buddhist Temple, which I actually really enjoyed. Buddhism is an interesting philosophy, even though I do not consider myself one [as I reject all belief systems and substitute my own], I respect the beliefs and enjoyed myself in the temple.