Disagree Agreeably

I used to be a judge. Yep. I sat on the bench. I judged others and sentenced them unfairly on the basis of whether or not they agreed with me. Anyone whose mindset differed from mine was condemned to the fires of eternal punishment! By some miracle I changed. I stepped down from the bench. I retired. Hey. Now you don't have to agree with me in order for me to like and even admire you. I'm enjoying my retirement. It's quite liberating actually. Live and let live is what i say now and i mean it. Honestly I was tired of always condemning everyone who thought differently from me . And while I am still of a moderately conservative mindset I no longer abhor those on the left who are liberal, progressive and even socialistic in their leanings. And while I sometimes get the idea that the folks I just mentioned do not give me and my ideology the same consideration it's OK. Really. They can feel any way they choose. Remember live and let live? I love this country for that very reason. It's called freedom. I accept everyone now for who they are. And in this crucial election year I find I don't feel hard against the Democrats for the things they believe just because I think they are misguided. No I celebrate their right to believe as they see fit. I slightly digress here to say this: I DO hope there are enough of us like minded people left in the country to keep another Democrat out of the Whitehouse. Now please, please don't condemn me for sounding judgemental, I certainly didn't intend it that way. I'm only exercising my right to express myself that's all.
See the new me can disagree with folks without judging them and condemning them as deplorable even when the sentiment is not reciprocal. That's why it hurts so badly when I hear folks like me being called names like bigot, phobiaic, racist, sexist and so on...
Cause I'm not. Hey if you're African American I can truly celebrate your blackness; Caucasian your whitness; gay your gayness; Democrat democratness; Republican republicaness; Jewish jewness; Christian christianess; islamist Islamness.  Hey I'm no longer in charge of the judicial system. I'm not gonna judge anyone. If you're an American Citizen you have inherited some inalienable rights like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  And as long as you're legal and not trying to hurt or kill me and my  fellow Americans I'm OK with you. Whatever your whateverness I like you just the same.

I'm a deplorable person.

Look. I'm not a political man. I'm no debater. I hate arguing. It upsets me. I can't even watch the political debates because of the awful  dread I have of seeing people argue and fight. However I do have opinions and beliefs regarding many issues. But it is not my goal to swing everyone over to my side. Go ahead and believe what you want. Your choice. I have so many better things to do than to spend my time trying to persuade you that you're wrong. How foolish that really is. I mean were all adults. I've often thought that if every man in 1776 had been like me there wouldn't have been an American Revolution and we'd now be Britts  instead of Americans. "Why can't we all just get along" that's my mantra. I know how silly that sounds. That's not how things are. Here's something else I'd like you to know about me. This. I've always cared alot about what others thought of me. I've always wanted every one to think highly of me. You know? That's why my feelings  were so hurt when someone I looked up to called me deplorable and then tossed me into a basket along with several million other human beings that she also considered deplorable as well?
Well that hurt me. I'm a sensitive person. Then I thought well maybe it's not all that bad. After all deplorable is not a word I often use and I really didn't know what it meant. So I Googled  it. Hum, interesting. Deserving strong condemnation? synonyms:disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable, unworthy, inexcusable, unpardonable, unforgivable;  Yikes. So that's what someone thinks about me just because I don't agree with them. That I'm disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable, unworthy, inexcusable, unpardonable, unforgivable and deserve to be do condemned? What? Hey remember me I'm the one who wants everyone to like me and think of me as being a swell guy. And to think that someone thinks I'm deplorable. There goes my self esteem. And what if everyone who identifies with this person thinks exactly as she does? That would mean that a bunch of people don't like me. Oh, i'm completely shattered. And what if this person became President of the United States of America? That would mean that the Commander in Chief thinks that I deserve to be condemned. That's scary. Whatever will I do?
Well perhaps I don't fall into the "half" group that she thinks is deplorable. Yeah that's a comforting thought, she didn't really mean to include me in with those deplorable people. That's  it. Im starting to feel better because I really, really care what she thinks of me, remember? Or even better... maybe she didn't mean it. Maybe she'll take it back. I hope so cause that would make it all better. I don't think I could bear it otherwise.