Sunday, July 14, 2013

Why All The Activism?: Dibbs

When people respond to your perfectly reasonable arguments with snark and "quotes," it's because they know you're right, right?  I have a cousin I didn't know was a cousin.  His wife is in a club with us.  Y'all can figure it out.  Anyway, he wrote on FB today basically that people would be safer walking around in polos and khakis than in hoodies.

Asinine.  I remarked, "Ok...but how many teenagers wear polos and khakis? #Devil's Advocate."  I don't really see the problem with that.  A.  Teenagers wear a lot of hoodies.  They can.  It's right there in the Declaration of Independence; Life, Liberty, and the Freedom to be Fashionable.  B.  What if I wore a hoodie and ate Skittles while I walked down the street?  I don't think anyone would hassle me.  C.  A young #1 wore a lot of hoodies...

Which brought be to my next point, after said cousin responded angrily.  I said, "I can't really talk about this case.  I bring a bias to it because I work with children (Occupational Hazard.)"  I ask you, is that unreasonable?  I find that perfectly reasonable.  I won't go on a rant because I know I bring baggage to the table.

This brings on a ton of argument using "child" in quotes...just like that.

You know what.  I don't even need to talk about this anymore.  My cousins are crazy.  Done.

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