Or, What The Hell Has Become Of Original Thought?
Who is the most hated man in the world. Look no further than the person writing this blog.
I am old (over 70), white (was born that way, sorry), Registered Republican, a practicing Roman Catholic (was born into a Catholic family and found faith as something that added to the foundation given to me by my parents, and all this crap about the priest who have used their collar for all the wrong things, doesn’t change my faith, which is not based on brick and mortar or the clergy, nor do those who try to make me feel small because they say that anyone who practices a formal religion is an imbecile because there are things that just cannot be rationalized in religion — hello Bill Maher), and, I do not believe I need to apologize for any of those things or things I may have said 50 years ago or even last year. People say things all the time that someone is going to take the wrong way either by mistake or on purpose because those people’s lives are built on looking for little things to turn into major offenses to make others seem small in order to help them try to overcome their own shortcomings and sense of failure in life. I don’t have time for people like that, and neither should anyone else.
So, based on everything that seems to be going on in the media today, I am hated. Not only that, I suffer from white privilege. I’m a Fascist and a Nazi, which is tough to do, although there is some overlap. I’m a racist, which I guess is because I’m white and Republican so I must be, but I still haven’t figured that one out. I don’t believe I’m racist but I’ll leave that up to those who really know me to decide.
So, how did I go from this guy that was basically kind of a middle ground guy to one who is so hated? It’s a tough call because it seemed to happen like Chinese water torture (there goes my racial side jumping in, because I didn’t just say “water torture”). According to some, anything that someone else thinks that is different than what they think, makes that person a racist. I think there are a lot of people who actually grew up with racism that would argue that point, but they would probably be shouted down today as not understanding the nuances of what had just been said. And by “happening by water torture,” it seems it started with racism about 30 years ago, and then being white became a sin, and then another thing was added on, and then another, until I became that most hated person. I am sure other things will be added, and maybe I won’t qualify in the future, but for now, I am him.
Sorry, but, as Damon Wayans, or Homey the Clown, used to say. “Homey don’t play that game.” I don’t have time for all the little people who are offended by everything, who spend their lives trying to find things that people said or may have said, that they think is offensive so they are going to try to bring you down for having said it, or people who do not have any, and I mean any, original thoughts. These are not deep thinkers. And I don’t have time for the shallow.
They hear someone in their echo chamber make some claim and they automatically repeat it. While this goes for wackos on both sides, it seems to be something that is becoming owned more every day by the my more liberal friends (I hope they are still friends, but who knows?).
Just because I have one of the labels that is hated, does not mean anyone knows my position or thoughts on any topic or issue. They may be surprised at what my thoughts are, but they will never know because, well, I am hated so I cannot be someone to talk with or listened to.
Ah, ha. Maybe that is why I am the most hated person in the world.
I’m not going to play the game, and if I don’t play the game, how is that person who hates me going to bring me down to their low, low level?
Figured it out. Thanks for helping.
JustAMan 