Wednesday 15 June 2016

Limits

I've long known that the 'archbigot' at work was irremediably racist, xenophobic, misogynistic and - well - bigoted, but I didn't realise until last night at work that he was a moron as well. He loudly expressed his hope that Trump would be the next US president, on the basis of his - surprise, surprise - racism, xenophobia, misogyny and bigotry. I thought there were limits to stupidity, but apparently not.
I've read a good number of posts about the weekend's appalling events in Orlando, including a depressingly large number calling the victims as evil as their murderer, and, most notably, one from a 'Christian' pastor gloating that there were now '50 less paedophiles in the world', disinterring the ridiculous meme about 'all gays being paedos'. I thought there were limits to hatred, but apparently not.
I was sitting behind a thirty-something man on a busy rush hour bus on my way back from work this morning, and it was very soon obvious that he was watching porn on his phone. Sitting next to a young woman of South Asian extraction, at 8:15 in the morning. I thought there were limits to how little self-respect, and consideration for others, a person could have, but apparently not.

Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B

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