Kicking Ass...and taking names...

I'm sick of it - I'm over it. There is so much prejudice in the world and I can't stand it anymore! For years I have dealt with idiocy first hand, and I am no longer standing idly by and observing.

I'm throwing this out there to all of my family and friends - I WILL NOT TOLERATE iT anymore. I will warn once by leaving the situation, after that - don't expect me to speak to you anymore. We are beyond the old addage of if you don't have anything nice to say... I don't want to hear the jokes or innuendos - I don't want to hear the generalizations. I don't want to be a participant in it anymore.

I've read about too many suicides thanks to bullying, I don't want to read another. I am enabling if I just sit idly by and let you participate in the hate. Racism, Sexism, Homophobia...don't care any more - there's no place for them in my life.

I know the world isn't perfect, but my family and friends are an educated folk - and we should be way beyond this. I don't care what your political leanings are, who you voted for or are planning to vote for - hatred has to go. If you think the joke is funny, think about how you'd feel being on the receiving end - if you were the one being made fun of. If you still think its funny - I'm here to tell you its not!

My framily is made up of many races. There are folks of different sexual orientations. There are men and women, there are Republicans and Democrats, Liberals and Conservatives, and yes - there are a few prejudiced folks in there too - this is my part to make the world a better place.

I love you all dearly and hope that it doesn't ever come to me having to walk out or even have these conversations, I'm hoping we are all bigger people - but I'm so fed up with the state of the world right now, this is the one small thing I feel I can do to contribute.