Hello!

It seems like the only time I write is when I’m mad about something. Well…something has been bothering me for a long time and it’s time to rant. (Don’t you just love the Internet?) This article will inevitably piss off a lot of people, (I’m really good at that), but at this point I don’t really care. It’s not like I’ve avoided pissing people off in the past. Getting my ass kicked on a semi-regular basis is probably indicative of that.

What’s been really bugging the shit out of me for a long time is the inability for me to like and dislike whomever I please. As a white boy that grew up on the south side of Chicago, (Jim Croce was right. It is the “baddest part of town”), and a subsequent resident of southern California, I know a little about being a “minority”. That in and of itself is no biggie. My problem is the presumption that I “like” everyone; that if you're an asshole and of another race I still have to pretend to worship the ground you walk on. Well…I hate pretending. It makes me feel like a phony and I refuse to do that.

I’ve seen this “race card” used entirely too many times. It has enabled certain people to do practically whatever they want. When common decency suffers because of the fear of being labeled a “racist”, it is time to put all the BS aside and get to what’s real.

This is America. People are free to like and dislike whatever or whomever they wish. Sorry to hurt your feelings, but it’s time to get over it.

Have a great day.