7-17-13
I hate waiting.
I didn’t do nearly as much yesterday in terms of housework.
Sure, I cleaned the kitchen and did all the laundry in the house along with
moving my clothing back into the playroom, but it didn’t seem as impressive as
Monday’s activities. I felt off and on crampy and ill. It seems that my
upcoming period will most likely be a doozy.
I had a dream in which Dax impersonated a professor at a
college class. He was so good that no one noticed. Of course, said school also
had a teacher who looked like Chris Kataan in a belly-baring tied up button
shirt, so the school may have been just a little more liberal.
Ok, I am way ok with people who believe in a god and for the
most part as long as they don’t preach at me, I am cool. So here is my
observation; I get emails from customers/coworkers constantly in which their signature
indicates hopes for a blessed day. Obviously “blessed” could just mean hopes
for a nice day, but we all know that the inference is that of a spiritual
nature. Is it appropriate to have said phrasing on a work correspondence? I am
not saying they should not, I am just putting it out there as a question. If I
were to say use a phrase from some lesser known religion or even something more
devil based, would that be ok?
Probably not. I suppose if the wishes were meant
to be good, that is ok, but then again with people being so touchy these days
about things, wouldn’t it just be safer to say Have a Good Day? I don’t know
that there is a right answer, I was just putting it out there as a question.
Just because a jury found Zimmerman not guilty doesn’t mean
they are racist. People are throwing around the term “racist” much to loosely
these days. The incident may have been from racial profiling, but we can’t say
this is a bad thing. We all profile. We profile based on race, age, sex, sexual
orientation, hell even just the shoes people wear. I am one of the lone white
women at my office. My boss is an old and stupid white man. Most of the colleagues
in my department are black women. One of them, who is my friend, has done what
would be considered stereotypical “black” things. She loved BET and she
actually “aks” me questions. No joke. Jet I know she is quite bright and conscience
about her job.
Yes, there are people who discriminate. Yes, there are
complete and utter assholes out there. There are people who have not figured out
that times have changed. My dad for example has still used the phrase “nig”
when describing a black person. He doesn’t mean ill with it. He grew up in a
time when let’s face it, it was a standard phrase. My dad bowls with one of his
friends who is black. This man is a sweetheart, but thinks all doctors are out
to get him. He won’t go to a doctor. He has decided that if you are a doctor
you are evil. He also thinks gay people are evil. This coming from a black man
who is married to a white woman. Yep, that is for reals. So who is the bad guy
here? My dad, who uses an old fashioned phrase in his home, often times to just
see if he can get me annoyed, or Freddie, the black guy who hates doctors and
gays and will not associate with them? Do you see the problem here? Both are ok
guys. The same goes for Paula Deen. Look, I don’t give two fucks about her in
general, but I think the outrage over her is out of control.
I don’t think the guys in my shop should be allowed to only
speak Spanish in there. I think that no signs in America should be in anything
but English. This being said, I have spent time teaching my kids Spanish words
I know and have contemplated taking a Spanish class with them. I work with lots
of Hispanic people, too, and don’t find them any more or less offense than the
next person. I get annoyed at certain things they do, sure, but overall, I try
to look at the person, not just their stereotypical actions.
Back to what brought this on; Zimmerman is an asshole. That
being said, he was an asshole doing what he thought was right in terms of
protecting his neighborhood. He took it too far. He followed a guy when he
should not have. Have I done this before? I sure have. I followed a little
Asian guy who goes on properties in my neighborhood and takes cans out of our
recycling bins. I have called the cops on him, and have had them tell me to
stop following him, yet I continued to. I didn’t care that the guy was Asian. I
cared that he was doing wrong. I think Zimmerman took Martin’s actions to be up
to no good, and it sounds like neither party was smart in how they handled it.
The protests are screaming about this racial crime. Did
anyone bother to just yell about it being a crime, and also yell about the real
issues? Is it ok to carry a loaded gun in Florida? Are the prosecuting attorneys
so stupid to think that second degree murder charges are really what they
should have been pursuing? And ultimately, hey people, just because one kid got
shot by a guy who had a cop complex doesn’t mean that EVERY black kid in
America will be shot, nor does it mean that the person who shot them will be
walking free.
I know I will annoy folks with this post. I had been holding
off saying anything, but honestly, the crazy protests that have ended in 13
people being arrested in LA make me angry. I am all for people protesting.
Hell, it is one of those awesome freedoms I will say America allows that make
me kind of patriotic. That being said, don’t be a fucktard when it comes to
your protests. Acting like a fool doesn’t make your case. It makes the case
that perhaps we shouldn’t be listening to you.
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