Who Am I?

Posted on 11/06/2020 by Grumpa Joe

I Used To Be A Normal Person

As a man, I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white, into a two-parent household which now, whether I like I or not, makes me ‘privileged’, a racist and responsible for slavery.

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

I went to High School, paid my way through college, earned a degree, 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 a homophobe.

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

I believe in the Second Amendment, which makes me a de-facto member of the ‘vast NRA gun lobby’.

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 ‘main-stream media’ tells me, which makes me a ‘right-wing conspiracy nut.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American 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 an anti-socialist.

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

I believe in the defense and protection of America for and by all 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 and salute 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 gotta go more frequently!

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Cookie Cutter World

Posted on 05/05/2015 by Grumpa Joe

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Today I heard something on the radio that was so preposterous that I had to research it to believe it. A study conducted in England shows that kids whose parents read them bedtime stories every night have a better chance in life than those kids who go to high-class schools. That didn’t bother me, what got my shorts in a knot was what came afterward. The author spoiled his piece by telling parents that their kids would be more equal in school if they didn’t have this advantage. Are you kidding me? If ever there was a nut job on this earth it is this British academic Adam Swift.

As parents we strive to give our kids every chance we can to make them brighter, smarter, more able than we were. If something I choose to do helps them then so be it. Why would I want my kids to suffer the same plight as those who are less able? Call me mean, but that is a fact of life friends. This business of white privilege is pure BS. What whites do can easily be duplicated by blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, etcetera. The fact that we do it, turns it into a white privilege?

Kids being raised in a loving two parent family is also a privilege. The fact that there are so many single parent families does not mean I should stunt my kid’s development to keep it fair for the other kids. Here is another argument for equality; eliminate schools altogether, and white privilege would be nullified.

Currently, there is a huge success story being revealed in the 2016 presidential campaign. One candidate, raised by a single mom, in a tenement, went on to become a world renown brain surgeon. Look it up folks, if Dr. Ben Carson’s life story doesn’t inspire you nothing will. What kind of privilege did he have? A single black mom who worked two jobs, and who couldn’t read raised him to appreciate reading. She made her two sons read in place of watching TV. That is it! Let’s turn off every TV in homes with school age kids all across the country to give them privilege. Except it won’t work without the second part of the privilege. Carson’s mother made them read books, and to give her book reports.

Why don’t these people, no, excuse me I mean assholes, just come out and say that they want to live in a communist world? Instead they plot to make issues like ‘White Privilege” a major impediment to reaching their goal to make everyone equal. Imagine a world where every single being is exactly the same, would you want to live in that world?

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