Month: July 2015

 

Donald Trump makes racist, disparaging comments about an entire group of people and some conservatives rally behind him. George Takei makes racist, disparaging comments about an individual and some liberals may rally behind him.

Trump stands by his comments and doubles down on them seeming to relish the attention they have garnered. Others rally around him bemoaning political correctness. I would say he should apologize but he has shown he doesn’t care so what would be the point.

Takei tries to explain why he said what he did, his op-ed on msnbc gives us a peek into why he got so angry. Words said in anger though can be more hurtful than any other we express and I believe Takei should apologize to Clarence Thomas and grow as a person.

These are the power of words. They can divide or unite. They can reflect emotions boiling over, present a thoughtful reasoned argument or just sound stupid. They strengthen our relationships or tear them apart.

Whether it is talk of raising the minimum wage or changing the overtime regulations the same group of people lose their shit and bemoan the big bad government interfering and how this is going to hurt the economy.

Well boo fucking hoo. We have a poverty problem already and the same people bitching are the same people who vilify and bitch about the poor. Do they bitch about the businesses who don’t pay living wages, hire full time, steal wages and make salary employees work enough hours that in some cases they make less than minimum wage? Why is that? Why do some people exalt these businesses and the way they treat people?

The bottom line is that we need to tackle the poverty problem as a nation and if the businesses will not voluntarily pay living wages the government is left with no choice but to take measures. And if that hurts their anti everything feelings maybe they should take a page from their own playbook and do like they keep telling the poor, go somewhere else.

Does “Don’t Tread on ME” always come across as a one way street?

Why do some people always act like “We the People” in our “more perfect Union” is limited to white, christian, heterosexual, men with guns? We do have what is known as the No Religious Test Clause in the Constitution that states. “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” And then there is the first amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”