Laughcry nalang

Hahahahahahahahahuhuhuhuhuhuhu...

That's probably the best way I can describe an emotion I feel when going through social media or the news. Laughcry. It's where you start off laughing and end up crying inside. Feelings of "how did we get here?" usually accompany laughcrying. Now, this is not to be confused with laughing so much that tears form. Laughcrying starts off with a laugh and ends with a cry with actual sad emotions.

Many things make me laughcry. One in particular caught my attention so much I think I died a little when I read it. Well, after I laughed so much first then I died a little.

Just recently a Catholic school in the US removed the Harry Potter series from their library because of the risks of "conjuring evil spirits". I read this thinking it was some weird news bit and laughed until I died a little. I've since read the article and it doesn't seem to be as bad as it was originally made out to be.

But removing the Harry Potter series because it contains magic and conjuring of spirits or that their characters made questionable decisions is downright absurd! Following that logic, the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings series should also be removed. But those two series are very Christian in their writings.

From a Catholic perspective, I understand their qualms but to remove a book because of potential threats is downright lazy. A more effective way to go about it is to properly form the students so they can watch out for these things by themselves. Teach the students to separate fact from fiction, right from wrong, etc. But I digress.

Laughcrying is an emotion I'm sure many people have expressed. Another meme (I'm unsure how newsworthy it was) posted a picture of Gretchen Diaz saying that there should be schools exclusive to LGBT students. I laughed because the idea itself is silly and one that I'm sure the LGBT community doesn't actually want. And then I cried because I'm not sure anymore that everyone thinks it's a bad idea.

In our world today where things are losing their meanings and people put meanings into things that don't have them, well, laughcry nalang.