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| semper fi |
i think of myself as a "broad".
for those of you under, like 40, a broad would be:
tarzan's jane
kathryn hepburn
hillary clinton
annie oakley
eleanor roosevelt
eleanor roosevelt
lady gaga
"broad" is an antiquated term for tough-as-nails women, and while it is totally outdated, i consider it complimentary.
many disagree.
but i was genetically predisposed and raised to be a broad.
my father is a retired marine. i was surrounded by 36 years worth of leatherneckery and even married a couple of them.
broad is in my blood and i wear her proudly.
however, even a broad gets her feelings hurt.
eleanor endured a marriage that included her husband and her husbands morally bankrupt sidepiece, and ran a country to boot!
i can now say the same for sec. of state clinton.
cowboys told annie oakley to put that gun away and go bake some pie.
i have to fess up and admit that there are moments when the bully behavior encouraged by the sandies and their ilk (lovelove that word) hits a nerve.
i'm old but better than that, i have reached a level of awareness so that i no longer feel "hurt" as i would if i were a child.
"broad" is an antiquated term for tough-as-nails women, and while it is totally outdated, i consider it complimentary.
many disagree.
but i was genetically predisposed and raised to be a broad.
my father is a retired marine. i was surrounded by 36 years worth of leatherneckery and even married a couple of them.
broad is in my blood and i wear her proudly.
however, even a broad gets her feelings hurt.
eleanor endured a marriage that included her husband and her husbands morally bankrupt sidepiece, and ran a country to boot!
i can now say the same for sec. of state clinton.
cowboys told annie oakley to put that gun away and go bake some pie.
i have to fess up and admit that there are moments when the bully behavior encouraged by the sandies and their ilk (lovelove that word) hits a nerve.
i'm old but better than that, i have reached a level of awareness so that i no longer feel "hurt" as i would if i were a child.
heck, as few as 4 years ago i might have felt overwhelmed and ganged up on and bailed.
checked out fox(gasp!) news, or cnn.
no, it isn't hurtful as much as shocking that not only adults, but old-as-dirt adults behave this way.
more shocking than that, is the mob mentality that exists among the aforementioned older-than-dirt posters.
it is the 'cyber-bully domino effect': one confrontational post from the day's appointed instigator topples the first domino in a line of dominoes and all threadhell breaks lose for some poor loner domino.
now, the sandies themselves are the easy part.
anyone with an abysmal knowledge of human nature and psychology can figure these two out within 10 posts.
not the problem.
i find the problem to be those who follow their example.
the ones who will only chat through private messaging, rather than the thread.
those with snide little digs cleverly directed at no one, yet obviously directed at someone.
the constant blocking, and here's my rant on that:
i believe i have mentioned these people are older-than-dirt, right? ok. when a user is blocked by another user, the blockee can't see the blocker's posts, and vice-versa. when 10 people block a user, the blockee see's 10 less conversations and so on, and i hope it is here you catch my drift.
bully-blocks render the mass-blocked poster as limp as a monk's dick.
the art of communicating with other adults is rendered impossible due to the inability to see half the damned conversations going on.
this does not hurt anything remotely close to a feeling; just pisses me off some days more than others.
and it is only the sandies and their ilk who encourage this negative threadetiquette.
i have never seen the thread repubs mass-block anyone.
i have never seen a thread repub announce to new posters, "block him! block her! block them!".
and when i do have the ability to see that with which you believe you have blocked, i never, ever see the level of hypocritical, name calling, lambasting, stereotyping, CAP LETTERING, from the thread repubs.
don't get me wrong, there are repub threadloons like yourselves, however, they are few in number and easily beaten up by your bully pulpiteers.
most of the time i shake it off and move on to my next big thing for the day.
some days i just want to rant about it.
today is that day.
in conclusion, there are sandies everywhere, of every age.
there are presumably full-grown men and women who fall in lockstep with threadcliques consistenting of the downtrodden, the sickly, and ex-communicated priest-nurses and join the sour sandies at the hip of hate.
all bullies are mean and awful and they all suck.
especially the ones with grey hair, wrinkles, and sagging nut sacks.
there, i said it.
thank you for listening, now i am done )
checked out fox(gasp!) news, or cnn.
no, it isn't hurtful as much as shocking that not only adults, but old-as-dirt adults behave this way.
more shocking than that, is the mob mentality that exists among the aforementioned older-than-dirt posters.
it is the 'cyber-bully domino effect': one confrontational post from the day's appointed instigator topples the first domino in a line of dominoes and all threadhell breaks lose for some poor loner domino.
now, the sandies themselves are the easy part.
anyone with an abysmal knowledge of human nature and psychology can figure these two out within 10 posts.
not the problem.
i find the problem to be those who follow their example.
the ones who will only chat through private messaging, rather than the thread.
those with snide little digs cleverly directed at no one, yet obviously directed at someone.
the constant blocking, and here's my rant on that:
i believe i have mentioned these people are older-than-dirt, right? ok. when a user is blocked by another user, the blockee can't see the blocker's posts, and vice-versa. when 10 people block a user, the blockee see's 10 less conversations and so on, and i hope it is here you catch my drift.
bully-blocks render the mass-blocked poster as limp as a monk's dick.
the art of communicating with other adults is rendered impossible due to the inability to see half the damned conversations going on.
this does not hurt anything remotely close to a feeling; just pisses me off some days more than others.
and it is only the sandies and their ilk who encourage this negative threadetiquette.
i have never seen the thread repubs mass-block anyone.
i have never seen a thread repub announce to new posters, "block him! block her! block them!".
and when i do have the ability to see that with which you believe you have blocked, i never, ever see the level of hypocritical, name calling, lambasting, stereotyping, CAP LETTERING, from the thread repubs.
don't get me wrong, there are repub threadloons like yourselves, however, they are few in number and easily beaten up by your bully pulpiteers.
most of the time i shake it off and move on to my next big thing for the day.
some days i just want to rant about it.
today is that day.
in conclusion, there are sandies everywhere, of every age.
there are presumably full-grown men and women who fall in lockstep with threadcliques consistenting of the downtrodden, the sickly, and ex-communicated priest-nurses and join the sour sandies at the hip of hate.
all bullies are mean and awful and they all suck.
especially the ones with grey hair, wrinkles, and sagging nut sacks.
there, i said it.
thank you for listening, now i am done )
it stops here, it stops now.
you're invited to join.
cmk
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| phoebe prince |
p.s. buddha wasn't always buddha, either. once, he was a rich dude, as in 1% rich. he wasn't always perfect, and i have no expectation i will be either.
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