Eras are important periods of
time, often noted in history, and later referred to for ways to replicate or
avoid meaningful actions associated therewith.
Today, America
Readying for the 2020
presidential election, Democratic candidates have been jostling one another to
prove they were more disadvantaged, had the longest daily school bus rides, can
evoke more disdain about keeping criminals out of our sovereign country, and
who can give away the bestest medical care to non-citizens.
All the while, these phonies cry
the once-feared word of any societal individual – especially business
executives and politicians – the “R” word.
In case you don’t know it, that
special word which has traditionally been known as a trump card is “racist.”
Trump cards are used in card
games such as pinochle and are instant winners when played against any other
card in the game. They are usually held
until the end of the hand to ensure an easy win for the player using them.
Tossing out the word racist is
that trump card and, oddly enough, is being used against Trump, President
Trump, that is.
He has been falsely accused of
forgetting blacks, Latinos, and anyone else associated with a victim class,
because he’s white, and they’re not.
It’s that simple.
To win most arguments, call
someone a racist and the game is over.
And the alleged racist loses just because of the accusation.
Unfortunately, there weren’t
enough people to use and plows, horse-drawn tillers, and reaping tools. The at-that-time solution was to use slaves
to help with the work.
Brought across the Atlantic Ocean , some of those slaves were treated poorly;
some were considered family members by their “owners.”
Eventually, the Civil War was
fought, culminating in the freeing of all slaves. It was a bloody battle with sons killing
brothers, fathers killing sons, and everyone killing a relatively young nation
through the division of violence.
One hundred-fifty plus years
later though, the easily offended among us are now digging up America
Suddenly, everyone white is a
racist. No one of the Caucasian race is
allowed to criticize someone of “color” unless they want the racist title
stapled onto their foreheads.
This unseemly use of the trump
card is quickly moving from life/career ending to nonsensical/humorous.
A typical response is, “You are a
RACIST!” when debating whether someone should like corn flakes rather than
cocoa puff cereal. The logic is that
cocoa puffs are a cereal-of-color.
Not to be outdone, professional
athletes – those are the folks who make more money in one month than you’ll
make in a lifetime – are now complaining about their racist bosses.
Following the lead of that
has-been, malcontent quarterback of some years ago, pro-basketball players are
now taking their turn at the wheel of racial sensitivity.
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| Grossly underpaid and easily offended athletes |
It seems as though the National
Basketball Association (NBA), whose most players likely cannot even spell the
name out, are now feeling offended.
They claim they would feel better
if the people who owned their teams, typically called “owners,” changed their
titles to “governors.”
Apparently, $6,000,000, a year to
bounce a ball is not recompense enough.
Their feelings would be better massaged by calling the people who sign
their paychecks, governors.
Harkening back to the times of
slave owners, the moniker of “owner” frightens and makes otherwise
non-judgmental NBA players uneasy. It
doesn’t matter that most pro-athletes are street thugs, anyway.
One complaint was that white
folks will never know what it’s like to be black and oppressed. And they’re right.
But adding the letters KKK, when
players are describing their bosses, is just plain opportunistic and vile.
It’s time to hire new players who
have an ardent desire to make an obscene fortune playing game.
I’m just saying.
