CONTROVERSY

WHAT PURPOSE DOES CONTROVERSY SERVE REALLY?  OTHER THAN, TO GARNER NOTERIETY OR INFAMY, I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT ONE CAN ACTUALLY GAIN FROM CONTROVERSY.  I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, THAT IT BREEDS INTEREST AND GENERATES A SORT OF CELEBRITY DUE TO WHAT THE CONTROVERSY IS.  SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO, AND SAY THINGS, THAT ARE CONTROVERSIAL, HOWEVER, IT IS TRULY DUE TO THEIR PERSONALITY OR INDIVIDUAL BELIEFS.  WHAT BOTHERS ME, IS THOSE WHO FEEL THE NECESSITY TO BE CONSISTENTLY CONTROVERSIAL.  LET'S BE CLEAR, ALSO, IT DOESN'T TRULY BOTHER ME.  I'M NOT LOSING SLEEP OVER IT.  I JUST DON'T SEE THE POINT, IN FEVERISHLY ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN AN AIR OF CONTROVERSY, SIMPLY TO GARNER FAME.  IT SEEMS EMPTY TO ME, BECAUSE IT THEN BECOMES JUST A TACTIC THAT IS EMPLOYED TO FEED THE EGO OF SOME.  FOR INSTANCE, BEING A POLARIZING FIGURE, BECAUSE OF YOUR OUTSPOKENNESS  ON CERTAIN SUBJECTS, IS DIFFERENT THAN BEING OUTSPOKEN AND CONTROVERSIAL TO INTERJECT, YOUR OPINION OR NAME INTO AN AREA OR PLATFORM WHERE YOU DID NOT PARTICULARLY EXIST.  THIS IS COMMON IN OUR SOCIETY, TO BE THIS WAY.  TO FEED THE EGO, BY SAYING OR DOING THINGS, THAT SERVE NO PURPOSE, OTHER THAN TO ATTRACT ATTENTION, IS REALLY AN EXERCISE IN SELF LOATHING, NO?  YOU HAVE SUCH A LOW VIEW OF YOURSELF, THAT YOU HAVE TO SOMEHOW DRAW ATTENTION, TO YOURSELF, SO THAT WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, YOU ARE AT LEAST CONSIDERED IN SOME WAY.

THE PROBLEM WITH PRACTICED CONTROVERSY, IS THAT IT OUTLIVES, IT'S USEFULNESS RATHER QUICKLY, AND THE SUBSTANCE OF ONE'S CHARACTER HAS TO REVEAL ITSELF EVENTUALLY.  IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BASE THIS ON, OTHER THAN PURPOSELY TRYING TO SHOCK AND AWE ANY AUDIENCE, WITHIN EARSHOT, THEN IT LOSES IT'S STING.  THE OTHER PROBLEM, IS THAT, YOU HAVE TO NOT ONLY CONSISTENTLY KEEP UP WITH THE ABILITY TO GENERATE CONTROVERSY, BUT, EACH TIME YOU HAVE TO OUTDO, WHAT YOU PREVIOUSLY SERVED TO SAID AUDIENCE.  IT'S LIKE A CIRCUS ACT, WHERE THE MAIN ATTRACTION IS SOMETHING, YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, IT GETS BORING, AND EVENTUALLY YOU STOP WATCHING.  WHEN YOU YOU BECOME A PUPPET TO THE PERPETUAL PENDULUM OF CONTROVERSY, THERE REALLY IS NO TABOO EITHER, AND THUS YOU BECOME MORE APPARENT IN FEEDING YOUR EGO.  THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE STUPID, AND CANNOT SEE WHAT IT IS YOU ARE ACTUALLY DOING, ONLY LASTS SO LONG, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THE MASS OF PEOPLE CATCH ON.  THIS BREEDS ANGER AND RESENTMENT, BECAUSE, YOU ARE THE BISCUIT THAT NEEDS TO BE BUTTERED....BUT, WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT.  THIS IS WHY PEOPLE TURN ON THOSE, WE CONSIDER CONTROVERSY ADDICTS, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY, WE FIGURE OUT THAT YOU AREN'T REALLY ANYTHING OTHER THAN SELF LOATHING, AND THAT'S PATHETIC.

THINK OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO CONSISTENTLY ARGUE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, JUST TO DO SO.  THEY DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE ARGUING, AND PAINTED INTO A CORNER, THRU DEBATE, WILL OFTEN FOLD AND REVEAL THAT THEY DON'T.  THESE, PEOPLE DO THIS FOR THE RISE, THEY GET OUT OF PEOPLE.  IT'S AN ATTENTION TACTIC, BECAUSE DEEP DOWN THEY DON'T BELIEVE, THEIR OPINION MATTERS ANYWAY, THEREFORE, THEY ARGUE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE ON PURPOSE, FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND INTEREST.  CONTROVERSY, DUE TO SOMETHING, YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE AND STAND FOR, IS HONORABLE AND UNDERSTOOD.  CONTROVERSY FOR SELF SERVING PURPOSES, PROVOKES HATRED, AND ONE'S EVENTUAL DEMISE.    -  925