Saturday, September 10, 2016

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.

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