Grumpa Joe's Place

 I used to be a normal person Yes, I reckon that’s a fair description of me. 

As an individual, I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white, into a two-parent, two gender household which now, whether I like it or not, makes me “Privileged”, a racist and responsible for slavery. 

I am fiscally responsible and moral, which by today’s standards, makes me a fascist because I plan, budget and support myself. 

I went to school, worked my way “up the ladder”, and have always held a job. But I now find out that I am not here because I earned it, but because I was “advantaged”. 

I am heterosexual, which according to “gay” folks, now makes me homophobic. 

I am not a Muslim, which now labels me as an infidel. 

I am older than 60, making me a useless person who doesn’t understand Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. 

I think and I reason, and I doubt much of what the “mainstream” media tells me, which makes me a “Right-wing conspiracy nut”. 

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive culture, making me a xenophobe. 

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual’s merits, which today makes me anti-socialist and probably a misogynist. 

I believe our system guarantees freedom of effort – not freedom of outcome or subsidies which must make me a borderline sociopath. 

I believe in the defense and protection of the USA for and by all its citizens, now making me a militant. 

I am proud of our flag, what it stands for and the many who died to let it fly, so I stand during our National Anthem – so I must be a racist. 

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I’m just not sure who I am anymore! If all this nonsense wasn’t enough to deal with, now I don’t even know which restroom to use… and I have to go more FREQUENTLY! 

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