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The guitar intro to this episode is an original piece performed by Casey.
Casey is a friend and guitar player I met a few months back. I thought this conversation was going to be about music. It’s not. That’s the thing about having these conversations with interesting people, you never know where it’s going to go.
The topics are listed in the subject line above. I don’t normally like to discuss politics, especially on my podcast. What we talk about here is sort of meta-politics, not choosing sides, but commentary on the game as we see it. From there we go in to all sorts of things.
When it comes to politics, I’ve always tried to censor myself because I didn’t want to risk offending anyone. But the reality is that most people don’t fit into neat little boxes. So my censorship is not helping anyone, most importantly me. In my experience, most people have nuanced opinion, and most people are pretty reasonable. When you censor yourself you deny yourself and others the opportunity to listen and grow. You stifle your own maturity. There’s plenty of other forces out there that are going to try to do that, so you need not do it to yourself.
In the end, censoring ourselves doesn’t do anybody any good. There is a difference between censoring yourself because you are going to say something rude and nasty (most rude and nasty people don’t have that kind of self-awareness) and censoring yourself because you aren’t sure if people are going to agree with you, or you’re judging yourself to harsh, or whatever reason.
What I m trying to say is, if you want to say something, then say it. If you want to text, then text it. Be honest, don’t pull the rug out from under yourself becuase you even get started.
Hope you enjoy this conversation.
Rock and Roll,
Tyler
21. - Casey C. (Friend, Guitarist)