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Talking at work
I was raised that when I see something is wrong I set about to fix it. Whatever it is and whoever is wronged…wrong is wrong and right is right.
Simple enough no?
So, at my work there is a part time employee that likes to poke fun at me because I am from Boston. No worries, I’m used to it. I retort in monosyllabic grunts, and we both get a kick out of it. Recently he has taken to arguing with me. Now, on the internet everyone is a frickin genius because they have the time to research, and edit. When one is face to face the arguing is slightly more complex. I tend to excel at face to face confrontation. So, we went at it.
He made some claims that were just straight up bullshit, and I hammered him for it. The quotes are actually paraphrases because I can’t remember word for word a week later. Sorry ahead of time.
CLAIM NUMBER ONE- The reason America is so far in the hole is because of liberal’s spending habits.
I actually had him spell it out literally, because it could be taken that liberal spending habits used as an adjective.
I asked him if he has ever had to use food stamps, WIC, or unemployment insurance. He replied “yes” to all three.
I asked if it was helpful and was a good thing that we were lucky enough to have these things.
He again replied “yes”.
I asked if he was married. “Yes”
Was your wife pregnant and working at the same time? “Yes”
Did she get time off to give birth without fear of losing her job? “Yes”
(By now his eyes were wandering as I KNOW he felt a set-up coming, and he isn’t as dumb as one would figure.)
I then walked him back to the bulletin board and asked him to read the dates of the acts that required all of those posters in regards to sexual harassment, equal opportunity, and family medical leave. ALL of these things were passed during Democratic Presidential Administrations. Inclusion is the key, not exclusion.
I then asked him if the GI Bill was a waste of money.
Of course he said “No”. Chalk another up for them thar liberals.
I asked him if his mom likes the idea of getting a retirement check every month. He said “yes”. Ok, there’s another.
Are you guys getting my drift?
Here is what I see from my perspective. When a Republican gets into the White House a new “war” is found to fight and is allocated YOUR tax monies. While NavySwan can whip my ass in economics (among other things) I think we’re on an even keel with common sense.
Whenever a Democrat is in the White House people that were formerly excluded rights are INCLUDED in the American Dream. That is to be what you want to be, be who you want to be, make as much money or as little as you wish.
We are a land of choices. That is what Freedom boils down to. Choices.
In Absolutist France, you had choices alright, but you’d never want to surrender your wife to the whims of the local lord would you?
SECOND QUOTE: LIBERALS ARE PANSY-ASSES THAT WANT TO HUG TREES AND TAKE MY GUNS.
No shit, he claimed that and I asked him if he was serious. I then asked him what he uses his guns for. He replied “Hunting”.
I then asked him the largest thing that he’s ever shot and killed. He replied “twelve point buck.”
I then asked him if he shot it with an automatic rifle. He said no a 30-30. or a 30.06 I forget.
As to the pansy assed comment I asked him if he was ever in the military. He replied “No”.
I then asked him what he thought about the Marines. He replied ” bunch of hard assed individuals.”
I then rolled up my sleeve to reveal the Eagle, Golbe, and Anchor tattoo on my shoulder. I smiled and told him to get his lazy ass back to work. (hehe)
We got into religion later, and I’ll save that for another post. The bottom line of this whole shebang is that one must beware of the things that one does not know. He argued with me in front of his oldest son. He made assumptions of me based on traps that I purposefully lay. IE my hair is long, I am scruffy, and I like to sing Lennon tunes to myself. I do this on purpose so that when a hillbilly like my co-worker make those faulty assumptions I complete the smackdown. It just so happened that his son was there to witness what a jackass you can be when you assume things about people.
Some among us assume that all Muslims are out to get us. Kill our wives and place them in their harems, or are aiming to kill our friends and get 72 virgins. This is an assumption. The truth is much more different. Those assholes that kill innocents are no different that the assholes running “Jesus Camp”, just in a different section of the world.
There is an assumption among us that we are safe from having our rights taken from us because we’re AMERICANS!!!!
We don’t take shit from nobody….unless we don’t know it’s happening, or are too tired from working two jobs, or are just plain old fashioned lazy.
Coming soon…
A religious debate with an Alabamian.
Namaste
posted by Bacchus # 11/29/2006 08:41:00 PM (11) Volleys | Trackback
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