Writing this in class with 17 minutes left on the clock because YOLO. Anyway, so Amos Yee recently got out of jail and he's been off shooting his mouth again. Many people were also like "Gee, he looks so terrified and traumatised coming out of jail." To that all I have to say is, there is nothing wrong with a kid learning his place in the world. So what's my opinion of Amos? Well having read his blog post regarding his school life and also from his Facebook status updates, and also having ran into him in school(yes we were in the same secondary school) and finding out about his antics and also a few of his YouTube videos, he gives me the impression of this incredibly stuck up little shit with a massive superiority complex. He believes that he is massively intelligent, infallible, unmatched by his peers and even his elders/mentors/teachers. He thinks he is of great caliber, up there with the likes of Richard Dawkins and Carl Sagan. He thinks that he's such a great writer despite his misused vocabulary and imperfect grammar.
His supporters? I shall liken it it to North Korea and any of their 3 Supremes. They worship him and see no fault. Okay, I'm sure Amos has his good points, be it you like his indomitable spirit or his eloquence (I will not deny he is a well spoken person, when compared to most Singaporeans), these are things that you can admire him about. But shit, the majority of his fans you see treats him like fucking Jesus, can't talk shit about him or take his name in vain because he is all powerful and benevolent and what not and oh so infallible. Just take a gander through his comment sections, look at the replies people make to comments asking him to be more humble or even talking shit about him. They fucking defend him with all they have.
To be honest, I think that's real distasteful. There's nothing wrong about admiring someone but it becomes a problem when people are blind to the flaws of their idols. Sure you can agree with Amos' points, but do you agree with his cocky superiority complex that he has as well? What kind of a person does that make you if you are okay with that? A god damn sheep, it makes you. I have much respect for Richard Dawkins and his work in the field of Evolution but I have a problem with his hardline Atheist attitude. I'm Atheist as well but I recognise that religion does have its benefits. It was meant to be a way of living life that has become obsolete in certain areas and also can be misinterpreted and misused to create conflict and violence. All Richard Dawkins sees is the latter, which is not entirely reflective of religion. So here's my parting line, it is alright to follow an idea or an idol, but don't be a blind follower and see the flaws of it as well.
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