Well said, sweetie! And as LLL said, there's too much pressure to treat everyone as "equal", which creates hostility from the "haves". We see this in the U.S. with race and nationality all the time. If we could only see people as people and not as a color, a nationality, a religion or a sex, we might just find Utopia.
Thanks, bb! :-D I believe in equality... But not equality defined as being a white, heterosexual, middle-aged man, LOL. I doubt that we can afford that kind of equality much longer.
I agree that the white, heterosexual, middle-aged man should not be the bar by which "equality" is set, but that same man should not be vilified for what he is. That only makes him angry and makes him push back against others instead of reaching out to help them, as it were.
Hubby & I are both white, heterosexual and middle-aged. That doesn't mean that we have every advantage. Watch our kids try to get into college if the school hasn't met their "minority quota" or hubby or I try to get a job if the business hasn't met their "minority quota". No matter if we are more qualified. That's not equality. For anyone.
Everything hubby and I have, we got because we worked hard for it and still are, just to keep our heads above water. Because of who we are, we don't get help, even when we did need it. That's not equality, either. We will never truly be "equal" until we don't look at if someone is white or not, heterosexual or not, Christian or not, male or not. We are all who we are by an accident of birth and we are the ones who determine
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I'm sorry that I didn't make myself clear and used a random and silly expression. You and hubby are certainly not responsible for that society's ills
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LOL! We all get our rants. Love you, too, hunny bunny. Just don't know how to make the heart symbol. :D
I am just a little on edge after getting a soliciting phone call the other day. They wanted me to donate money to underpriveleged kids and got upset when I said I couldn't afford to give them the money they were asking for.
I give locally, helping out kids that I know and helping with local programs. I give of my time, I give to clothing and food drives, I give to local charities that help kids. I'm always dropping five bucks here and five bucks there--adding up to hundreds of dollars a year.
There will be no retirement money for hubby and I & we have no savings. If the pooh ever hits the fan, we're in trouble. It just annoyed me that this person who called had the gall to judge me and my life without knowing me at all.
P.S. I didn't think you were blaming hubby and I for society's ills. :D
*HUGS* Many of us with little, do too much while others... Yeah, hear my rant about greed again.
And others have NO right to judge. That's one of the things that annoys me too! As you may know/guess, my heart is to the left. The ideal is that we see to these things by taxes and solidarity - which also means that we must have politicians who haven't been overtaken by greed. Grrr. >:-E You see homeless and beggers here, it was extremely rare 20 years ago.
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Hubby & I are both white, heterosexual and middle-aged. That doesn't mean that we have every advantage. Watch our kids try to get into college if the school hasn't met their "minority quota" or hubby or I try to get a job if the business hasn't met their "minority quota". No matter if we are more qualified. That's not equality. For anyone.
Everything hubby and I have, we got because we worked hard for it and still are, just to keep our heads above water. Because of who we are, we don't get help, even when we did need it. That's not equality, either. We will never truly be "equal" until we don't look at if someone is white or not, heterosexual or not, Christian or not, male or not. We are all who we are by an accident of birth and we are the ones who determine ( ... )
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I am just a little on edge after getting a soliciting phone call the other day. They wanted me to donate money to underpriveleged kids and got upset when I said I couldn't afford to give them the money they were asking for.
I give locally, helping out kids that I know and helping with local programs. I give of my time, I give to clothing and food drives, I give to local charities that help kids. I'm always dropping five bucks here and five bucks there--adding up to hundreds of dollars a year.
There will be no retirement money for hubby and I & we have no savings. If the pooh ever hits the fan, we're in trouble. It just annoyed me that this person who called had the gall to judge me and my life without knowing me at all.
P.S. I didn't think you were blaming hubby and I for society's ills. :D
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And others have NO right to judge. That's one of the things that annoys me too! As you may know/guess, my heart is to the left. The ideal is that we see to these things by taxes and solidarity - which also means that we must have politicians who haven't been overtaken by greed. Grrr. >:-E You see homeless and beggers here, it was extremely rare 20 years ago.
Again; equality. Not just about gender. Though it's easy to see where the money is. It's with our parts of the world, but not with either of us.
♥ = & hearts; without space between & and hearts; :-)
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