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‘You Aren’t Enlightened, Dumbass,’ They Keep Saying
And why does it matter?
I have trolls. I have hecklers. I love them dearly.
I don’t think I’ve ever written a post here saying that I am enlightened, yet almost every time I write something with the word “enlightenment” in it somewhere, eventually I get a response from someone who wants to let me know that I am not enlightened. I am not sure if they simply did not read the entire piece or if they sense that I think I am enlightened so they needed to get that off their chest to bring me back down to a humbler level, but it does make me giggle each and every time.
I write for you, not for me. So why does it matter if I am enlightened?
Also, why should anyone ever be ashamed of being enlightened? And why should anyone be ashamed of not being enlightened? These hecklers seem to think they have to sniff out anyone speaking inappropriately about it in order to shut it down immediately. They’re the enlightenment police.
It’s as if enlightenment is such a taboo subject that it can’t possibly enter the expression of polite society. It’s like sex — something we only do in the privacy of our homes.
Is this right, though?
