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I've been sick for three days now. It's kind of a drag and is adversely affecting my sleep, even with the sleeping pills. Mostly, it's just a terrible cough with a bit of snifle thrown in for fun. Right now I'm drinking more tea and watching the parade. I always enjoy the T-give parade, especially now that they've stopped putting Indians in it. Given our history with native american peoples, it takes a lot of gall to pretend the Indians are down with us and what we did. I seem to be sick on my birthday a LOT, and since it's tomorrow, I imagine I'll be sick again.
Also, I'll officially be closer to 40 than to 30. Fie!
Plus, I can't get high because I am sick. Fie again!
The following is based on MY opinion, feel free to disagree.
I wasn't going to comment on this Michael Richards business, but since I was asked to, I will. Kids, we don't know Michael Richards. Kramer is not really our wacky neighbor. Sad, but true. That is probably why you have not yet run out of cereal. I've heard a few people try to dimiss his outburst because he was "angry." I think that's crap. I have been known to curse when I'm angry, but cursing and racial slurs, while both have their ugliness, are far and away NOT the same thing.
What did he say? He called some people by racial slurs (I daresay that white people may not have the best compass for determining how much these slurs affect a person. You could call me honkey or cracker all day long and it doesn't conjure images of the KKK or people coming to burn down my house) He said "that's what you get when you interrupt the white man." I defy someone to explain to me how that isn't racist.
Let me ask you all something, is there anything that could make you so angry that you would shout Nigger at someone? If so, than you are going to have a tough time explaining that you are not prejudiced. Why? Because if you beleive someone's ethnicity is an insult, that is the core of what rascism is. I don't beleive racism is about "the man" keeping people down, at least not anymore. But we're still responsible for the things we say. And like it or not, famous people are held to higher scrutiny than people no one knows.
I suspect that people who want to "give him a break" don't fully appreciate how hurtful and destructive such attitudes are. If someone ever called H that in my presense, they'd probably need surgery to fully remove my boot from their ass.
Then again, I am fortunate not to be a victim of racial discrimination that I know of. (some would argue that only white people can be racist because of institutionality and soforth--I will not be entertaining any arguments on that topic in this post, as I think it's utter bullshit) I am lucky to live in a fairly progressive community, unlike the faux liberal one I grew up in. Matter of fact, my own parents aren't coming to my wedding because (among other things) they are too racist to accept my fiance. Can you beleive that shit?
I will NOT, however, be doing the six things meme again.
So you can all stop tagging me!
Also, I'll officially be closer to 40 than to 30. Fie!
Plus, I can't get high because I am sick. Fie again!
The following is based on MY opinion, feel free to disagree.
I wasn't going to comment on this Michael Richards business, but since I was asked to, I will. Kids, we don't know Michael Richards. Kramer is not really our wacky neighbor. Sad, but true. That is probably why you have not yet run out of cereal. I've heard a few people try to dimiss his outburst because he was "angry." I think that's crap. I have been known to curse when I'm angry, but cursing and racial slurs, while both have their ugliness, are far and away NOT the same thing.
What did he say? He called some people by racial slurs (I daresay that white people may not have the best compass for determining how much these slurs affect a person. You could call me honkey or cracker all day long and it doesn't conjure images of the KKK or people coming to burn down my house) He said "that's what you get when you interrupt the white man." I defy someone to explain to me how that isn't racist.
Let me ask you all something, is there anything that could make you so angry that you would shout Nigger at someone? If so, than you are going to have a tough time explaining that you are not prejudiced. Why? Because if you beleive someone's ethnicity is an insult, that is the core of what rascism is. I don't beleive racism is about "the man" keeping people down, at least not anymore. But we're still responsible for the things we say. And like it or not, famous people are held to higher scrutiny than people no one knows.
I suspect that people who want to "give him a break" don't fully appreciate how hurtful and destructive such attitudes are. If someone ever called H that in my presense, they'd probably need surgery to fully remove my boot from their ass.
Then again, I am fortunate not to be a victim of racial discrimination that I know of. (some would argue that only white people can be racist because of institutionality and soforth--I will not be entertaining any arguments on that topic in this post, as I think it's utter bullshit) I am lucky to live in a fairly progressive community, unlike the faux liberal one I grew up in. Matter of fact, my own parents aren't coming to my wedding because (among other things) they are too racist to accept my fiance. Can you beleive that shit?
I will NOT, however, be doing the six things meme again.
So you can all stop tagging me!
