I used to be a normal person.

[pet-els]

As an individual, I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white, into a two-parent, two-gender household which now, whether I like it or not, makes me “privileged", a racist and responsible for slavery.

I am fiscal and moral, which by today's standards, makes me a fascist because I plan, budget and support myself.

I went to school, worked my way “up the ladder”, and have always held a job. But I now find out that I am not here because I earned it, but because I was "advantaged”.

I am heterosexual, which according to "gay" folks, now makes me homophobic.

I am not a Muslim, which now labels me as an infidel.

I am older than 60, making me a useless person who doesn't understand Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

I think and I reason, and I doubt much of what the "mainstream" media tells me, which makes me a "Right-wing conspiracy nut”.

I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive culture, making me a xenophobe.

I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits, which today makes me an anti-socialist.

I believe our system guarantees freedom of effort - not freedom of outcome or subsidies which must make me a borderline sociopath.

I believe in the defence and protection of my country for and by all citizens, now making me a militant.

I am proud of our flag, what it stands for and the many who died to let it fly, so I stand during our National Anthem - so I must be a racist.

Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore!



If all this nonsense wasn't enough to deal with, now I don't even know which toilet to use … and I have to go more FREQUENTLY!

PeterH

[supersparky]

I reckon there are a lot of us on these pages that have the same problems. What is normal anymore? Or, are we just the silent majority?

[RobertNotBob]

Another generation is coming and they will still not learn what we have. I believe when the crap hits the fan again it will be us old white farts who will be expected to stay the line. Most of the others will head back where they came from as they are not willing to defend only use.

[T1 Terry]

I think the problem is listening to the minority that like to label people belonging to a group they feel has in some way wronged them .... these groups do not speak for all, so just like the school yard chants and name calling, best to ignore it rather than taking offence.

If you think about it, we grew up being very racist .... if you weren't a direct English descendant, then you were called a wog, chink, slope, nigger, abo, a kiwi here to steal our jobs, a ten pound pom, I'm sure you can recall many more names we labelled groups who weren't part of the "White Australian" class .... but then they even got separated into the states they lived in, financial and social standing and even education level .... then there was religious beliefs, political ideals ...... yet we were the normal people ????

I think the Aussie rhyme was a bout sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me .... we must have forgotten that one eh .....
Look on the bright side, you could be living in the USA, China, Russia, The Ukraine and a lot of other places were it wasn't names you had to worry about ..... We do really live in the lucky country, why can't we see just how lucky we are rather than feeling everyone is against us ......

T1 Terry

[Dot]

I for one will never conform to today's bs, I love my golliwog, my black boy plants, my coon cheese and will give any kid in my home a slap on their ass and so on. Q/ Would you call the Australian manufacturers that have their clothes etc made in overseas premises known as "sweat shops" guilty of supporting slavery?

[Greynomad]

Peter,
You forgot those of us who believe that the term ‘marriage’ should only be applied to the joining of a man and a woman.
That makes us bigoted right-wing dinosaurs.
(See: “Margaret Court”)

[T1 Terry]

Peter,
You forgot those of us who believe that the term ‘marriage’ should only be applied to the joining of a man and a woman.
That makes us bigoted right-wing dinosaurs.
(See: “Margaret Court”)

I'm not sure it was, I thought it was a union between two people to commit themselves to care for each other and be faithful to each other .... I think religion and British sense of what they considered correct added the man and woman part.
The caring bond between a same sex couple can often be stronger than most heterosexual couples and the ones I've met have children with great manners, very respectful and seem better adjusted to life than a lot of those from marriages that aren't following the rules and one member is abusive to their partner or their own children ....

T1 Terry

[Dot]

T1 You speak crap.

[Greynomad]

T1,
The ‘man and woman’ thing goes back a little further than the ‘British sense of what is right’.
The Jews had it in the Torah long before the Bible was written.

[T1 Terry]

T1,
The ‘man and woman’ thing goes back a little further than the ‘British sense of what is right’.
The Jews had it in the Torah long before the Bible was written.

But the Greeks, Romans and a number of other civilisations didn't follow that belief ..... I doubt it was the Jews that influenced the British, but they were the ones who wrote the bible so are you saying the British aren't or have never been influenced by the Jewish writing in the bible? .....

T1 Terry