Time for a rant...I faltered @ 1:03 p.m. on 08-15-02
Some of the things I see on message boards(mostly teens) are kind of shocking. There's one in particular that I have in mind. It's pretty much a "gay is gross, God says so", "abortion is murder, who wouldn't want a cute baby",and "black people need to get over the slave thing" type of board. What bothers me is that these girls really have no idea what they are talking about. Hopefully as they get older they will become less naive, and actually THINK about what they are saying.
I have been becoming more and more liberal lately. Mostly thanks to girlmom. When I was younger I had some pretty judgmental ignorant views myself, but experiance brings change. My best friend is a lesbian, I've seen the bullshit she's been through. There were times she wanted to kill herself because this. There is no way anyone could convince me that she chose that. She is more happy with her girlfriend, than she ever has been with any guy. The times she was with guys, she was utterly miserable and turned to drugs. Her parents and their biggoted opinions nearly destroyed her. Her own father threatened to kill her, that in my opinion is unforgivable.
As far as abortion goes....who the hell am I or anyone else to try to force someone to carry an unwanted child? There are many situations that no one bothers to think about. How about a drug addicted mother? What makes anyone think that she would really stay away from drugs, just to have some unwanted baby? It didn't stop my friend, and her youngest daughter was born addicted to methadone. My friend had NO right to inflict such a miserable life on her kids. And NO! I do NOT think many people would be lining up to adopt a heroin addicted child. So many people say to give the unwanted babies up for adoption, not realizing that many babies don't get adopted. I wonder how many of them can honestly say they would adopt a crack baby.
I am getting sick and fucking tired of all these idiots saying that racism doesn't exist anymore. Yeah I once thought that too, until some little shit called me and some other boy niggers, because we dared sit near him. Stop bitching about Black History Month, it's the shortest month of the dang year. It's also the only time that I've noticed, that actually seems to acknowledge that people of color also contributed to this country. It annoys me that the father of my children is a racist and doesn't evev realize it. I'm sick of correcting him when he says "colored folks". It's not my damn job to educate these people, why can't they turn the tv on or pick up a damn book? It pisses me off to no end that I will have to undue the damage, every single time time Austin's family makes some racist, biggoted comment in front of my kids. No racism is not over, I have a feeling it never will be. I will not tolerate ignorant people teaching my kids to feel shame because of their race.
Grrrrrr! Okay end of rant. Sorry but I had to get all that out. If anyone feels the need to flame me go ahead...but keep in mind I will retaliate, if for no other reason than just for the fun of it. ;)