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Okay, if it hasn't been evident from my journals, I am the antithesis of a follower of Tolerance, she of the Multi-Sided Measuring Rod.
I am a cisgender male who is heterosexual.
I am self-identified as 'White - non Latino", with my family tree being on the North American continent longer than surviving records show.
I am a Master of Business Administration, even though I graduated from the "failing" public schools.
I am a Christian, giving no credence of this "many paths to God" junk.
In fact, I am the embodiment of "The Establishment".
Having said all that, I refuse to be held responsible for the problems of today. To every claimant of #metoo and every one that claims #timesup I shrug my shoulders. I have never pressured a female for sex, and have never "flirted aggressively or clumsily". To all those that complain about the "wage gap" and the 77% earned by women, I wonder why they never got jobs that paid equitably. I know I've never had the power to determine pay for either women or men. To every scream of "white privilege", I point to the groups like the NAACP and the "Black Caucus" while wondering where that network of connected white guys actually is.
Simply put: I personally am not at fault regarding these injustices. I refuse to take the blame for what isn't my fault. I also refuse to accept being punished as if I am one of those that are. I would like to see a movement of "Not Guilty", or "Not Me", or "Not Your Villain". Anyone got any ideas how to get such a thing started?
I am a cisgender male who is heterosexual.
I am self-identified as 'White - non Latino", with my family tree being on the North American continent longer than surviving records show.
I am a Master of Business Administration, even though I graduated from the "failing" public schools.
I am a Christian, giving no credence of this "many paths to God" junk.
In fact, I am the embodiment of "The Establishment".
Having said all that, I refuse to be held responsible for the problems of today. To every claimant of #metoo and every one that claims #timesup I shrug my shoulders. I have never pressured a female for sex, and have never "flirted aggressively or clumsily". To all those that complain about the "wage gap" and the 77% earned by women, I wonder why they never got jobs that paid equitably. I know I've never had the power to determine pay for either women or men. To every scream of "white privilege", I point to the groups like the NAACP and the "Black Caucus" while wondering where that network of connected white guys actually is.
Simply put: I personally am not at fault regarding these injustices. I refuse to take the blame for what isn't my fault. I also refuse to accept being punished as if I am one of those that are. I would like to see a movement of "Not Guilty", or "Not Me", or "Not Your Villain". Anyone got any ideas how to get such a thing started?
Rough Draft: Rules for Those Living With Abuse
This is the rough start of a piece I needed to type out Saturday. It's written in the second person, though written from firsthand experience. I worked hard to keep the sex of the abuser and victim neutral for a reason. Abuse is an equal-opportunity power grab. Rules for Living with an Abusive Partner: 1) You are worthless. This will be established early on, as your partner will work very hard to show you how much more superior they are to you. They aim to prove to you that they are the expert, the final word, on every topic of importance. (That includes every topic. If you're tired, they are exhausted. If you're sick, they're suffering worse.) If there is a field in which you may be their equal, or even possibly superior, that field is useless, and you will be "strongly encouraged" to drop that portion of your life. One of those topics will be you, of course, and effort will be made to make sure you are aware of your lowly state, usually in the form of names that demean, berate
Peak Disgust and Self-Loathing
(This needed out of my head, and I'm glad no one admits to reading my journal.) I know I'm a sad sack excuse for a human being. I must be some sort of insane biped as I don't seem to be caught up in the flood of emotion that has run amok in the US this last week. I don't feel a need to declare my acceptance of folks of color, to signal my virtue by parroting PC platitudes, or to join in a protest and "stand with George Floyd". I must be an awful person because I don't agree with the foundational idea of "systemic racism". In fact, I must be some sort of racist bastard under a white hood for suspecting that the "race issue" isn't being perpetuated by white folks but rather a useful myth for "black leaders" to control and manipulate people. I have to be some sort of bonkers wierdo because I don't see the point in a generalization of "all black folks need to stand together" on this issue. (All of the roughly 40,000,000 of them?) My version of "common sense" does not agree with canonizing
My $0.02 Regarding Eclipse
Pardon me for my (lack of) response. It's not "Viva Le Revolution!", but "Bloody hell, here we go again..." There were complaints about how awful the change was the last time DA made a change and the time before that, and the time before that, and the time before that, too. Fits were thrown, journals raged, and people displayed that they were "really, really angry." But, the membership didn't fall. Strangely enough, many of those that screamed bloody murder back then made the adjustments and are sill posting on deviantArt. (Maybe it's because those "super creative types", the ar-teests, must really go for the drama. Now I understand why the mascot on DA is a llama!) I don't have time to research all of the reasons they want to change, but I'm sure they have reason to change. Yes, there is obviously a disconnect between the site's ownership/leadership and the users. You could say the same about many other popular platforms. So, go ahead and throw a fit. Crank up the hyperbole to 11. Act
February is -Black History Month-
My landlady is a retired psychiatric nurse. She's "of color" and in her seventies, and many of her friends were involved in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. Occasionally, she forgets I'm not African American. The other day, she had gone out to see the movie Just Mercy with friends. When she came home she asked me "Why do so many white people hate blacks?" I've had time to consider that question.
The sarcastic answer is "Possibly, the same reason black folks don't like the police." If the overwhelming majority of your interactions with members of a group are negative, you will begin to stereotype them all as bad. Likewise, unless you
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