nmyworld

There was a time in my younger and more brash years when I decided that I should take up a cause. Something worth while that could get me noticed or help me fill a void in my life occupied by video games or lounging. Nothing too flashy, though. I was (and still am) a shy boy. But that didn’t stop me from wanting to do something more with my life.

So, like any good child of the internet, I booted up the IRC and jumped onto EFnet, the wild west of IRC networks with no channel bots or nick servers. It was a daring move, I thought, but I could handle the rough game of debating a bunch of raving lunatics. But, to my surprise, everyone in the channel seemed to lean to my direction of the fence. It made me feel at home, like back home talking with my dad.

I tried to read up on all the latest news and studies and was able to furiously thrash almost every person that came up against my rock solid world view in a civilized debate. There were always some sore losers, but I just tossed them a link to the Wikipedia and showed them a list of logical fallacies to get them started. Life was good: I was a Right.

But this renewed sense of pride earned me nothing in the real world. Nothing but some self-esteem and a little more knowledge about things that no one seemed to really care about. You see, I found that in the real world, there are two types of people: the Rights and Wrongs. Now, these categories may seem part of an agenda, but I assure you, they are not.

The Rights and the Wrongs are two very different people in both inward and outward expression. Their existance compliments each other in a way much as the way blue compliments silver or chocolate compliments cake. Yet, their appearances and actions aren’t set in stone or even opposite, really. They make up just two ends of a gradient that measures a person’s political aspirations.

They are alike in the way that any two people are alike. They are, of course, human, in that they represent the form of ape known currently as Homo sapiens. They all have several sets of traits that aren’t linked at all to any of the two categories, such as green eyes, brown hair, wide nose, or stubby fingers. They may each even have similar goals. But this is where the groups begin to differ from each other.

The Right is a creature of extreme pride. He walks his walk, struts his stuff, and knows a lot about everything. He may specialize in politics but he will definately know more than you about anything you think know, anyway. They may or may not actually have any knowledge or facts, but their grasp of reason, logic, and debate skill is essentially mastered or on the way there, so as to not need an exceptional amount of information. Though this situation is rare. Usually, the skilled Right will throw every fact, study, book, quote, or headline straight at you in a sloppy manner, to stupify his opponent into submitting due to lack of time or will.

And the one thing the Right holds most dear to him is his ability to metaphorically siege another Right’s mind in this manner. The only reason for a Right to exist is due to the simple fact that other Rights exist. Without other Rights, this category cannot exist, as everyone else would tire of their relentless quest to prove that they are correct and that everyone else is wrong. This is the one ultimate goal of a Right.

Complimenting them much in the way that the rambling old man’s wife is a deaf mute is the Wrong. The Wrong is the squirrel in a forrest of lions trying to live his life without being consumed by his environment. A bump on the log in terms of political activeness, they tend to stay away from any aspect of confrontation, flashiness (including outspokenness and dress), and especially debate. They are the people, working, living, thinking, and acting amongst each other, invisible individually, yet mockingly conforming collectively.

The Wrong is sometimes an ex-Right, licking his wounds and rebuilding after his mind was visciously sieged by a more knowledgable or fact-filled Right. They may dress and act like a Wrong, but they are using the time to rebuild their databanks and hone their skills in preparation for their next battle. But this is not a true Wrong.

A true Wrong is one who simply grew up without the world of mental conflict seen in a Right. They are free of the real world, minds clear and apathetic and usually view all other people as Wrongs, too. Happiness and fulfillment is no stranger to a true Wrong, who will often transmit these traits onto other Wrongs and even some Rights, ending their Rightdome cold in it’s tracks. And while Rights can turn Wrongs into Rights, this is usually not the case, as the true Wrong desires not to do battle with any other person, but to work with them (or, at least, not against them) to achieve their goals.

These two types of people compliment each other in a way that has changed man forever. Thoughts are constantly firing off in the brains of Rights battling other Rights while the Wrongs offer a shelter for the mentally wounded Rights to regroup. In a way, Wrongs play the support of the human, the muscles and bones and external appearances; but it’s the Rights that control the body’s brain, creating new ideas, patterns, means of thought, or anything else concerning the mind.

While it’s important that Rights and Wrongs exist, it’s more important to include that true Wrongs and true Rights are rare. People live in a complex gradient of Rights and Wrongs that can lead to extremely odd occurances like one being a Right around strangers yet a Wrong around friends or a Right one day and a True Wrong the next. But, as it stands, neither Right nor Wrong could live without the other or the human mental development process would come to a grinding halt.