Gentle Reader, here is a magnificent bit of prose from musician/artist/awesome dude Bob Ray Starker. Read and become enlightened, as did my cranky self:
Okay, I started out today trying to be civil and constructive, but all anyone wants to do is throw mud at each other… so what the hell, let’s get into this…
I am a 50 year old white american straight man and here is what I know for sure: Black people have never messed with me. Gay people have never messed with me. Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, poor people, none of them have ever messed with me.
Which group of people have repeatedly made my life harder than it had to be for no good reason at all? White people with more money than me.
They have laid me off, closed companies I worked for, made a lot of money by underpaying me for the work I did in their employ, bought elections when I could only afford to vote in them, and, perhaps most infuriating of all, they have relentlessly messed with my non-white, non-straight, non-wealthy friends. And they continue to do it because their world is ending and they are afraid of losing control as the human race slowly evolves beyond their limited scope of understanding.
So who am I most worried about when I lay in bed awake at night? Old selfish rich white people. All in all, I could have done without them.
Well said by the Saxman. Nailed it to a tree, he did.
All y’all, googlize this fine young man. Read his words, buy his art, attend his shows: but first and foremost, read what he said today. Read, reflect, and act.
Mr. Blunt and Cranky
I would hope people remember there are many white people who do not fit that mold. In fact we are legion. More are waking up every day, and not just because “their” world is going away – it was never “theirs” to begin with. So well said…I am going to share.
Wonderful Thank you
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This is perfect. I agree wholeheartedly with his comments.
So, you are pissed because people owe you a job at a pay above what others are willing to work it for? That is called being a lazy, selfish piece of shit.
My friend, the wealthy are not losing control. With the generous help or their Supreme Court (Not ours) and the ruling that corporations are people, this rich group will now buy every election until the U.S. of A dissapears…
You seem to be attracting some trolls. Looks like you are starting to make them nervous in speaking truth. Thanks and keep up the hard work!
Hear! Hear! And bravo! I will check this out. Thanks for the lead.
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