Where are the iconoclasts?

Question

Seems like we have a shrinking number of them in recent years, a time when we most need them. Who do you consider to be a modern day iconoclast and why?

Answer 1

We are everywhere. Unfortunately two things prevent us from being heard. First, political correctness was invented to prevent the speaking of Truth. Second, since most people live in a hypnotic, brainwashed, unconscious state, they either can't hear us or get scared and call us wackos.

Mark Twain once remarked that anyone who went about calling everything by its true name would be hounded from the streets as a common enemy.

My nomination for modern iconoclast is Roy Masters, at www.fhu.com and on the radio.

Answer 2

"Iconoclast" originally referred to a person who destroyed icons, that is, sacred paintings or sculpture. Nowadays, the more common meaning in current usage is that an iconoclast is a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition. (Thank you, wikipedia.)

You don't have to be trying to change the world to be iconoclastic. For me personally, it was a HUGE deal just to be able to understand that I could live my life as myself, and not as my mother. =)

I think that people need problems to exist. Our daily lives are filled with meaningless problems, such as traffic or job and coworker irritations. They're also filled with modern survivial issues such as financial stresses. Most of these problems we create ourselves. This is why people who are making $70,000 are living hand-to-mouth just like minimum wage earners.

But few people can rise above The Dream long enough to want to change it. Also, most people fear Change, and would rather deal with What Is than create what Could Be. It's almost exactly like that movie The Matrix, which is why I liked that movie so much. The Matrix is real life, the lives of people who just want to float down the river finding new ways to swat the mosquitos... without ever realizing that they could be on an airplane instead.

I also liked V for Vengeance for the same reason. A strong dose of reality and facing it rather than ostriching.

People say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one.