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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Me thinks we doth accept too much

Way back when, I posted a blurb about Bill Cosby's remarks on black folks. (Link)
I never really believed, or even hoped for that matter, that things would change. Educated people (of ANY background) by the very fact of having a modicum of intelligence know that if someone is offering them something for  nothing, it's usually the other way around.
Naive people believe all people are good and noble. They assume that the golden rule holds sway over humanity. And that the government as it is today STILL has their best interests at heart.
Unfortunately, at least for the fate of our nation, educated people aren't even a noticeable portion of our populace anymore.
With all of the knowledge of history at our fingertips and in a time of instant access to all the information accrued by mankind over the centuries, we spend our time solely in pursuit of mind numbing entertainment.

Their ARE educated people out there. Most of them using their advantage over the masses to create a relationship of shepherds to a flock, feeding and fattening the animals which are quite content with their diet of American Idol, reality TV, and the latest super star sports figure, while drinking the government Kool-ade, in order to sacrifice whichever of the flock gets uppity and feast on the remains, secure in the fact that the rest of the flock will quietly accept the status quo.

I would like to take the opportunity to pause in this tirade to pose a question:

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS FUCKING COUNTRY?

As an example to this, I submit to you an article I received over a 'news' feed I subscribe to covering the 'fat-shaming' of a fucking otter. AND, as if that isn't enough to make this article acceptable to the dumb-downed masses, they did the aforementioned shaming using 'AAVE'! No, really!

Now I know some of you may be scratching your heads over this acronym. What indeed is AAVE, and what could it have to do with hurting the feelings of an over weight river mammal?

Let me explain. It is no longer enough to find that something in and of itself is offensive. It is now de reguere to also include HOW this offensiveness is delivered.
Apparently, this disgusting disregard for a weight challenged semi aquatic mammal was delivered using Afro American Vernacular English!
(Full article)
So now you aren't just insulting an otter, you're also insulting an entire RACE who have somehow managed to create a new vernacular, acceptable only for their use, while doing so!

 Apparently, a manner of talking like a moron with an IQ of a standard issue North American ROCK which would have embarrassed my family had I deigned to use this ghetto slang is now a 'vernacular'!

That's fucking whack, bro'.

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