People prejudiced

The older I get the less tolerant I am of...well...people. People, in general, are kind of annoying. When I drive somewhere I can count on people cutting me off on the freeway. People sometimes talk on cel phones during a movie. People take their time at the ATM instead of using it as it was meant to be used (a quick access to cash, not a chance to review your bank statement in detail).

Now don't get me wrong. I like people. I just find them annoying.

I decided a while back that I was going to turn off my "internal filter." After years of having "political correctness" shoved down my throat I've decided I simply have no taste for it. And who does political correctness protect? People. And how does it protect them? It keeps their feelings from being hurt.

Wah.

So your feelings get hurt? So you get offended? So you have to go to therapy twice a week because your fragile little ego got bruised when you heard my opinion? Wah, wah, wah.

Go get a backbone, ya panzy.

I'm sick and tired of having to monitor every word I say because one group or another will decide to sue me over it. And I'm tired of everything I watch, hear or read being "dumbed down" so there's no chance of anyone taking offense.

Recently, Tim Hardaway made the statement that he "hates gay people." Of course, he's NOW released a statement that says he DOES NOT hate gay people.

Then there's Grey's Anatomy star, Isaiah Washington, and the controversy surrounding the alleged comments he made to his homosexual co-star.

Now I'm forced to release this statement, courtesy of ViewOnline Magazine - "I don't give a crap."

When did it become illegal to not like someone?

There are laws in place to protect individuals from discrimination. You can't legally be denied a job, a bank loan, a place of residence, etc. because of your race, age, sexual preferences or the fact that you like Pat Benatar. Well... maybe the Pat Benatar thing. But the point is, your rights are protected. Now...what about mine?

I'm a white, male Christian conservative who owns a gun and lives in a state with an enforced death penalty. If anybody is discriminated against in this country it's me. You don't see me suing every time one the extreme left celebrities goes on the Academy awards and slams my President for a war everybody demanded in the first place, do ya?

Because I don't like ambiguity... here are the things I believe that might offend someone:

- Homosexuality is not a genetic predisposition, it's a lifestyle choice
- I have a right to have a gun and the will to use one
- God created the universe
- Evolution is a fact
- No, the two aren't incompatible
- The "minority curve" has shifted so that blacks, Hispanics, homosexuals, Asians and other groups now get preferential treatment over Caucasians
- The IRS needs a governing body to audit their operations every year
- Mimes are scary
- Abortion is murder
- Marijuana should be legal
- Intellectual property laws should be abolished
- The world has devolved into a Miranda Rights kind of place where everything you say can and will be used against you in a court of the public eye

Now, here's the thing... Nowhere in that list did I say "I hate gays," (except when I was quoting basketball players) or that I'm a racist or that I hate anyone who doesn't share my religious views. It'll be taken that way, though. Why? Because people are dead set on being offended.

That's why people annoy me.

J. Kevin Tumlinson is the Editor of ViewOnline Magazine and a Producer with Hat Digital Media. He is prejudiced against morons.

posted by Unknown @ 8:19 AM