Oppose "Traditional Thought"

I wish people wouldn't tell others things that aren't good for them, even if they seem to be.
"Look on the bright side of things."
"Life's just black and white."
"Never question your faith."
"I'm your parent, and I know best."
"Respect your elders."
"Mind your mother and father."
And a bunch of other misleading statements that just fall from peoples' mouths.

People only say these things because they're single-minded, and complex thought is beyond them. Don't be like them. They've probably just accepted what they were told by their parents, and their parents before them. God forbid anyone question the "knowledge" passed down for thousands of generations in thousands of cultures.

I'm not saying you should always look on the down-side of things, but being an optimist all the time is just as bad as being a pessimist all the time. Each way of thinking had some disadvantage. Those who continually look on the bright side of things usually tend to ignore or even forget the bad in their lives, and those bad things go unsolved and spoil. You can pretend all you want that your life is so happy and merry, and that you always have a reason to smile, but then you're obviously not facing every aspect of your life and environment. And you're in desperate need of a reality check. Want some real advice? Look on the good and bad side of everything. Life isn't black or white, no matter what anyone tells you. There will always be situations that fall somewhere in between the spectrum. It's inevitable. Neutral is the best way to be.

What's even worse than being a complete optimist is never questioning anything. That's the main reason ideas like these are passed down from parent-to-child, and from those children onto their future children. It's a sickening cycle of breeding stupidity. To put it in perspective, it's like an entire generation of mice getting caught in a trap, and since those mice breed their craving for whatever is in the trap onto their offspring, their offspring too, go to the trap and get caught. But not before they've bred and created even more unintelligent mice. One who questions or doubts everything is called a skeptic. Just like with optimistic or pessimistic perspective, being a complete skeptic is just as bad as not being a skeptic at all. You should never question everything, because that will lead you nowhere. Question things that matter. Never question things like your own existence. It's already been proven (If you create thought at all, you must exist, because something that does not exist cannot create anything at all). It would be more paramount to question things like what love and faith are, since few can really give you an answer (and usually any answer you'll receive is based on nothing but their opinions which were based on the opinions of others).

The last few statements I quoted are ones that really irk me because of the complete and utter absurdity within them. Realize one thing: you're being told to mind your parents by the very same people who are your parents, or by people who are parents, just not your parents. That's like a master telling a slave to always obey him. I don't see how that makes any sense at all - being told to obey by those you would be obeying. I might as well ask you to hold still while I stab you with something. Granted, parents have some reason behind this, and most parents know this, which is why they tell their kids that, but there's still a fatal error behind this reasoning - that is to say, that all parents know what's best. This belief goes hand-in-hand with the belief that older people are more wise or mature. "They've seen more years" than we have. If that's true, than anyone older than you can never be less mature than you. If that's true, your grandparents are smarter than you are, even though they grew up in an age of limited academics and little technology. Even your parents (if you were born around my generation - give or take a few years) didn't go to school learning as much as we do today. I've met kindergartners that I've worked with who are smarter than my grandparents are today. Knowledge isn't based on age, and knowledge doesn't come with having kids, or experiencing things in your life. You can experience the most terrible and confusing times in your life and learn nothing from those moments.

These things, considered common sense or basic morals by most, are nothing more than statements used, whether intentionally or unintentionally, to keep you from truly thinking.

Never stop thinking, and question most everything.
You'll gain more knowledge, and knowledge is key to making it through life.