The Spider-Sense

     Everyone has that inner voice that tells you what to do. Some call it divine guidance, an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. Others consider it schizophrenia. Regardless, having a conscience is the best way to put it. It's the kind of guidance you need when your parents aren't around anymore to tell you what's right and what's wrong. It is the grounds for why unjust laws and social norms are reversed and why you feel bad when you take the last slice of pizza. Everyone has a conscience. Ultimately, only two things vary: how much you pay attention to your conscience and what your conscience believes to be moral and immoral. Both things matter to me. Someone who refuses to pay attention to the crippling weight on their chest after attempting to annihilate half of Paris worries me. Someone who thinks killing half of Paris for the love of their life is moral also worries me. Just as much as someone who thinks having to pay taxes is unfair and therefore refuses to pay their taxes also worries me, even if my life isn't threatened. 

    I have a hypocritical relationship with civil disobedience. On the one hand, I am a vigilante. I prevent, investigate, and punish villains I conclude the police can't handle. I do this illegally, without a badge. I do this because I consider it for the greater good, and because my conscience told me to do it. Ironically, I do this because someone else decided a law wasn't fair and chose to simply stop following it. Civil disobedience is a paradox because it is impossible to fight injustice with disorder. This is why laws are put in place and other laws are created to be able to change them. 

Politics would be much easier if everyone had a spider-sense that told them where to look, go, and do. I guess I have an updated conscience.

Signing off-

           S. (Earth-91202)

Comments

  1. Natalie TalluSeptember 24, 2023 at 2:11 PM

    The whole layout of your blog is perfect, I love that you tied in Spiderman's perspective with Thoreau, who knew he had so much in common with a comical superhero a century later? This was funny but also had good elaboration on the rhetorical devices.

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  2. Sarah NSeptember 24, 2023 at 2:14 PM

    I like how you used taking the last piece of pizza as an example of conscience. It made your point much clearer and more relatable to readers.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2023 at 11:34 PM

    I think it’s really interesting how you tied Spider-Man’s role in his society to what Thoreau had to say. Spider-Man is the epitome of civil disobedience as his main focus is protecting the people and doing what’s right rather than serving the interests of the government. It’s interesting how he does that while also being a local/national hero being praised at times by law enforcement. This contrast makes me think about the moral conflict Spider-Man must go through on a daily basis.

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