Sunday Story…Ism and Ist
We all have things we try to avoidโฆthose things we donโt like. We hate _____(fill in the blank) about people. We hate when _____(fill in the blank) happens or so and so does that thing they do.
Some of these things are universal. People who do their best to โweaselโ out of agreements, who set things up to be mis-interpreted so they can re-interpret in their favor, who are just generally slimy about their word and vision of reality.
Disliking someone or some group of people for a trait over which they have no control is not OK. In general I think most of us would agree with that. It is often an โismโฆRacism, Sexism, Ageism. Hating a group or a person because of their gender, rac, age or any umber of other traits is a serious problem. We are all human. Some of us are tall, some short, some are pale and some are darker, some younger, some older, and about half of us have different body parts. It doesnโt matterโฆwe are all homo sapiensโฆwe are all part of the human race. One race.
If I donโt like you because you are a weasel you can take that personally. I donโt like your words, your behavior or your actions. It is about you and only you. If I donโt like you because of some trait you canโt control that is on me. That is MY problemโฆin that case I am the weasel.
If you donโt like โism donโt be a -ist
John Mariotti
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