At some point, I had decided I want this blog to be about happy things - positive things - but then I decided that's not real life. Sometimes, things suck. People suck. So, on Thursdays, I'm going to rant about those things. (I'll pick another day to post happy things to even it out.)
On this particular Thursday, my rant is about "-ists" - I absolutely cannot stand when people are sexist, racist, etc. This includes people who are judge-y to others because they think their own political views are superior, or their religion or lack thereof is superior, or people who shove their beliefs down others' throats.
Why are we still talking about issues of race or gender or sexual orientation or political party or religious affiliation? I think it's depressing that my kids are growing up in a world where it has to be said that people are equal. Shouldn't that be understood by now? To me, it's pretty simple. Every person needs and wants the same things - acceptance. Tolerance. Love. Understanding. Friendship. (Let me tell you one of my faults - when something is so clear and easy to me, I have a hard time figuring out why other people can't see it.) If my children learn nothing else from me, I want it to be this: we are ALL equal.
Male, female, transgender, black, white, Asian, Hispanic, Republican, Democrat, Independent, gay, straight, Catholic, Baptist, Muslim, atheist, independently wealthy, welfare recipient, CEO, unemployed - these are just labels for PEOPLE. Human beings. None of these things are inherently bad or wrong. Are some of them different than me or you? Yes. But should someone be persecuted or devalued because of that? Absolutely not. I don't have the same views or beliefs of a lot of the labels listed above, but that doesn't mean I should not care for those people or value them or should deny them. It's time to realize that everyone has something to bring to the table, that nobody is more or less important or more or less deserving of basic rights because of "who" or "what" they are.
Rant over.
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