I Hate Valentine’s Day Because of the Haters
Valentine’s Day is here! And as is often the case now, I see more haters and hijackers posting than I do lovers. I am tired of single people and those scorned by love making so much noise around Valentine’d Day.
There is one day all year devoted to couples having a romantic time together to celebrate their love; let them have it. Why can’t we have nice things? Because so many on the outside want to hijack and ruin it. “If I can’t have it, neither should you” is the present mantra. It is selfish, petty, small, pathetic, and whiny — no wonder you’re alone.
I get there are single people who long for a relationship, and some who don’t want to be alone; this day can be painful for that group. But the answer is not to ruin other’s happiness because of your own pain. It is one day a year, that is is; we can all suck it up for a day and get through it.
It is bad enough that in typical activist fashion, we celebrate the day before as “Galentine's Day,” or “Single Awareness Day,” or “Self-Love Day.” What is the point of that? To spite couples, to dig at the “haves” by the “have nots.” Let them have their day!
This is why we can’t have nice things, because of the sheer volume of envy and bitterness by the “out” group, and our over sympathetic culture to cater to them because of a perverse understanding of Christian principles known as Liberal Values. Columbus Day is an excellent example. Some activists wanted Indigenous People’s Day to celebrate, but instead of picking a day important to American Indians, they decided to celebrate it on the Day that Columbus discovered the Americas. This day has no real unique significance to American Indians, it was a day that another civilization contacted them, they just woke up that day. Some will argue that this day was significant to them because it marked their doom by genocidal Europeans. And this is true, only if one does not know the history, nor the definition of genocide; otherwise, this is completely false. It would also be a weird thing to celebrate a supposedly “dark day” in their history. Again, activists ruin a lot. But I am not opposed to an Indigenous People’s Day, it just shouldn’t be on Columbus Day, find a day with actual positive meaning instead of trying to ruin the good of something else.
Left and Right I see people mocking Valentine’s Day and the idea of couples in love. This is gross behavior. It also is neither amusing nor funny. Two people chose to commit to each other, and work out their differences, and evolve into better versions of themselves, and work together, and compromise, and fight through struggles, and not give up when things get tough, and contribute to society. We must celebrate that, or at the very least, let them celebrate that.
It is fine if you are single and don’t have a Valentine and haven’t found a good companion. It can be frustrating, but there is no need to despair, and there certainly is no need to bring others down. Remember the wisdom of Ron Swanson, “deal with your problems yourselves, like adults” and leave Valentine’s Day alone.
