| OK, I'm done |
[Sep. 19th, 2009|01:17 pm] |
I am really really done arguing about certain topics.
1. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. He is the duly elected, completely qualified PRESIDENT of the United States of America. If you think otherwise, you are wrong, wrong wrong. And, I am done arguing with you. He was not born in Kenya. His U.S. birth certificate is not a forgery. He was born here. He lives here now. He is over 35. He is a US citizen. He meets each and every constitutional requirement to be the President.
Those who perpetuate the argument that he does not are probably RACISTS. And, I'm not tolerating this any longer. These people are on a rampage to DELEGITIMIZE the President. It is nearly treasonous. Sit down, shut the fuck up, and deal with the fact that a black man is in charge. IT'S OK.
2. Anyone holding a sign with a swastika, Barack Obama as a witch doctor, or calling Barack Obama a "secret Muslim" is a racist. Unless you are one, I suggest you stop these people mid-sentence, refuse to listen to them, and tell them to STFU. I am done with people entertaining this racist bullshit.
Most of us have NO idea what it must have been like to grow up a black man in this country. When was the last time you hailed a cab and SIX passed you before one pulled over? When was the last time you walked into a room and the women held their purses closer to their body? When was it exactly that you had someone tell you they (or someone else) was going to hang you, rape you, quarter you, or otherwise and OTHER PEOPLE AGREED?
This is NOT the time nor the topic for politeness or political correctness. CALL LIARS, LIARS. CALL RACISTS, RACISTS. To their faces. I don't care if that's not nice. You know what else is not nice? Hating someone because their skin looks different than yours. STOP tolerating this behavior. NOW.
3. The LEAST common race and sex is WHITE MALE. There are more women than men in the world. There are more non-whites than there are whites. Please, please, for the love of fucking god, stop thinking that white, rich, conservative male is the default viewpoint. CHRIST HIMSELF WAS NOT WHITE. To think that white men have any clue about the perspective of the majority of the world is naive and absurd. Look outside the box, don't just think outside of it. WHITE MEN are the smallest percentage of the world population and yet they have the most power.
It's because they invented guns and money, not because they are special.
4. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS HEALTHCARE. It is a FACT, indisputably so, that health insurance companies make more money if you stay sick than if a doctor cures you. THAT IS UNDENIABLY IMMORAL. There is no fucking rational reason to deny healthcare -- emergency, preventative, and otherwise -- to any human being. If you think there is, you are a BAD PERSON. You really are. Illegal aliens should have health care, too. I don't care if you are pissed off that YOUR precious American tax dollars might be used to save the life of a Mexican child.
People dying from preventable, curable illnesses is INSANE. Human life is important, right? What's the point of having a society if you refuse the best part of it to other people? This is not a case of "our game, our rules." This is about RIGHT vs. WRONG. It is WRONG to deny healthcare to any HUMAN. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. I don't care if they can't pay, I don't care if they mutilated themselves, I don't care if it's expensive. If a life can be saved, and you refuse to do so, you are an ASSHOLE.
5. Prayer will not help me. So, stop praying for me. And, another thing--stop assuming people want to be prayed for. The Christian God (or is he the American God?) is one of the LEAST POPULAR gods in all of the world and in all of history. More people worship(ed) Allah, Buddha, the Hindu gods, NO god, and the ancient Egyptian gods than worship YOUR god. If you want to go to a church and pray, that's fine. But don't act like I have to respect you FOR that fact. You do not respect me for NOT believing in god. I don't have to respect you for believing. NONE of our problems are going to be fixed by your prayer. I am not going to stop you from praying, but I am going to demand that you ALSO get your ass in gear, get your ass off that pew, and start working on solutions for THIS WORLD, this time. If you don't want to work towards a change and an answer, then STOP SHARING IN THE FRUTIS OF THAT WORK. If you live in "god's" kingdom, stop using the resources in my kingdom.
If you are being silent on these issues, you are part of the issue. The reason we are still dealing with racism, sexism, rampant religion, lack of healthcare, and political bullshit is BECAUSE no one will call these people out.
STOP TOLERATING THIS. Yeah, people will be upset that you're not being nice. But, there are no etiquette rules that demand you tolerate lying, cheating, stealing, racism, sexism, or profiting off of the misfortune of others. Stop acting like you have to keep quiet. Your silence LEGITIMIZES their bullshit. When you hear crap, call it crap. When you see racists, point it out -- to them and to everyone else around. It is NOT okay to behave like that, and it is also NOT okay to let that behavior continue.
Your acquiescence makes you an accomplice. Get this straight -- your complicity makes you a party to the crime. Your silence is sinful. Your politeness perpetuates the problem.
We all have one chance on this planet. Stop letting everyone else fuck it up. |
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