Monday, July 27, 2009

As Politically Incorrect As I Can Get...

As if I don't piss off enough people without trying, here goes with one of those "I don't care, I just gotta say it" type of posts. The premise that I am going to espouse in this post is that STEREOTYPES DO NOT CREATE THEMSELVES. I may use some terminology that some folks would term as hate speech. I may use some racial or sexual epithets that some would take offense to. I may at some points even devolve into rude and crude language. Well, I just gotta say what I gotta say and I gotta say it in the way i gotta say it. If it offends or repulses - I'm sorry. Keep in mind that my heart contains no hatred for any single human being or any grouping of humans, no matter how they are lumped together. hatred is far too strong of an emotion (second only to love) to be tossed around lightly. BUT, I'll re-iterate STEREOTYPES DO NOT CREATE THEMSELVES!!! There are white people and there are crackers or honkies. There are black people and there are niggers (there! I said it - so sue me). There are hispaics and there are spics. There are Irish and there are micks. There are Italians and Guidos (among the many other terms). There are Chinese and chinks. And so on. Each race contains exemplary individuals and the dregs of society. They all also are predominately comprised of average folks, just like you or me, but perhaps colored with a different crayon. Unfortunately, because this segment of society - regardless of race, creed, or sexual orientation - largely behave themselves and are relatively silent (I'm an exception to this - and every other - rule). As a result this majority of the populace is not publicized and we are less aware of the average, hard working, family values believing, honest Black, Hispanic, or Asian or what have you (insert a maligned group here) families. As they are relegated to a less visible role of society, similar to the way the unglamorous backbone supports the more flamboyant human body, they are also swept up in the whirlwind of undeserved hatred, bias and animosity. There is good and bad everywhere and in every segment of society. How one reacts to it is a deciding factor in which camp that individual is in...

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