Racism vs. Freedom of Speech

There's a picture floating around Facebook.  It's not a nice picture.  It shows Obama with a noose around his neck.  It's not a nice picture at all.  Some people are circulating a petition to get it removed, saying it is a racist picture.

Let's test that.

How many times can we find George W. Bush being hanged or burned in effigy?  Probably dozens.  Maybe scores.  Possibly hundreds.  Where was the outrage when the people were doing this?

How many times was Reagan victimized in the same way?  They even attempted an actual assassination.  And they ALMOST succeeded!  When Reagan died, was there an outpouring of grief from the DFL?  No.  NONE.  These guys defended the opinions with the First Amendment:  FREE SPEECH.

Now, someone circulates a picture of our current President (whom many think is an usurper, not eligible to be President).  And I hear shouts of Racism, Hatred, and calls for censorship!

Who's got the double standard now?

I do not defend the picture.  I DO defend the right of freedom of speech.  If the Secret Service thinks it is a threat, let them deal with the perpetrator!  Don't DAMN SCREAM FOR CENSORSHIP WHEN YOU YOURSELF ARE BURNING ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN EFFIGY!

A while back, someone threatened to rape the females in my family.  I took the threat seriously.  But the advice I got was "Leave it alone."

I still warned the women in my family.  I took no legal action, although I could have.

I was berated, called a worthless piece of shit by a blogger.  He griped, bitched, bellowed, made a fool of himself.  If you ask me, he's a pitiful excuse for a human being.  NOTE:  I do NOT mention the guy's name.  Why?  Because he's entitled to his opinion.  So he's an asshole extraordinaire.  I don't give a flying pig about that.

Now, I can guess that some people are going to call me racist because I'm defending freedom of speech.  Thing is, that freedom works on both sides, not just one!  If you're attacking Limbaugh's stupid remarks, but you're defending stupid remarks from the other side, you're a bigot!  It's just the way it is.  You've got a damned double standard, and you're just too stupid to see through the haze of smoke that you're blowing!

Since when am I a racist if I don't agree with someone?  If I don't agree with a friend who happens to be Jewish, does that make me anti-Semitic? If I speak out against higher taxes for the wealthier people just because they have more money, does that make me RICH?  If I speak out against the death penalty, does that make me a murderer?  If I speak out in defense of the second amendment, do you label me a killer?  Do I have a right to wear my clothes?  Or are you going to attack me if my socks are wool?

The problem, AS I SEE IT, stems from stupidity and double standards.  Freedom of speech applies to EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN and even immigrants, legal or not.  Don't label me a racist or a hater.  If you do, you are making yourself exactly what you claim to detest.

Your own hatred will bite you in the butt.  It WILL haunt you.  I don't hate people.  I don't agree with your lifestyle, that's my right.  You don't agree with me, that's YOUR right.

Freedom of speech is a God-Given right.  Once you eliminate it, you start on a path to tyranny.  The United States IS* free speech.  And That's the way it is MEANT TO BE...AS I SEE IT!

Poetry --

About 2 years ago, I wrote a poem which I called "Take me to the graveyard."

May -- it's a horrible month, a month of one disaster after another, a month of problems and death.
It doesn't let up.  And it hurts.  It really hurts.

Today, people are likely to think I'm unstable.  But I have to write, or I lose my sanity.

The world is an ugly place;
you seldom see a friendly face.
People don't care if you laugh or cry.
They don't care if you live or die.
Your hair may be black,
or your teeth pearled--
No one cares:  Goodbye cruel world!

In this world full of hate
where big biz rules and you don't rate
Justice is absent and God's AWOL
And we're stuck here for the long haul
Ugly man,
or pretty girl--
No one cares; Goodbye cruel world!

All the people, dressed in black
Carrying guns and bags of crack
Living the only way that they know how
the Cops are coming to your door right now.
Does it matter?
Life's just a Churl
No one cares;  goodbye cruel world!

Many forced to live a life
full of anger, filled with strife --
Just enough to stay alive
defined by the crappy car you drive
I've bared my soul --
to the wind unfurled--
I bid thee GOODBYE, CRUEL WORLD.

Hatred...healthy?

It is rapidly approaching the anniversasry of the day on which I was forced to quit my last job. A bunch of D*** liars, fools, idiots-- side poking morons, lying bastards, and pieces of junk!

I was told I couldn't have unemployment--F***ing judge has no damn brain! You can be officially abused, and they don't give a flying pig that the asses are lying.

I can hear you say "Why don't you let this go?"

It's MY hatred... I'll do with it as I please.

I'll grant you that it gnaws at me. But so do the lying, F***ing morons such as Mike, Ed, Tim, and kookoo.

One damn year...what do I have to so for it? nothing!

Hatred makes you what you are. I was grossly mistreated, but endured all untill they lied about me AGAIN. I took it for years...and the crap-headed morons do not care. I put in 10 years with those damned morons. 10 YEARS. What do I get? I'm out on my can.

Did you know that the company I worked for once bought a clearance table at a reduced wholesale price ($10.00), and offered that same table to the public, at a 40X mark up> They sold the damn table for $400.00. Talk about price gouing, it's a main reason you should never visit this particular florist. They've been in business a LONG time. They're damned rich. I WONDER why. I mean, a 40X mark up is akin only to big oil!

My expose' of that place isn't yet done. But suffice it to say it WILL be a doozy... I'll expose these M-Fers for what they really are....And let them fend for themselves in the garbage dump, where they tried to put me.

Just one last word about that: HEY, ASCHLOCKS! I'M with someone else. And YOU can't "deal" with me, anymore. So, SHOVE IT...and Take the heat that I'm throwing your way, soon.

Bastards... Mike, have the Family services stopped by yet? They should...you ain't fit to be a parent.