I got no buttons left to push except when someone uses the word bigotry and points it towards the direction of the few in here who have stuck it through and through in here for many moons now... It's very hard to distinguish between someone making a joke and someone genuinely taking issue of something that was made up to become a vehicle if you will for fostering humor within this forum as well as outside of this forum too...
I also reacted to your comments about how the farmer has been the one who built this country which to me is something I hear from folks here in East Brady, PA where I live on a constant basis, and how the folks here for the most part react when told that one comes from the city and has escaped the hustle and bustle for a more peaceful way of living as well as escaping the feverish pace one must live to if they want to survive in the city...
Generally speaking the folks here are very friendly and I appreciate this quality... However, once one just mentions that they're not from around here or didn't grow up on a farm their reaction towards the individual is a classic case of bigotry, prejudice and down right racist aif I add that I'm of Hispanic heritage... So yes, I am sensitive about people in general expressing themselves in this manner yet nowadays instead of yelling it's clobbering time and throw them a beating if they push the issue enough, I just say "Well now! Thanks for sharing this sentiment you have towards folks like myself... Have a nice day." Which actually means just the opposite with the tone and mannerism I use to express those three words...
So you might say that I have mellowed over the years... Look, you can't take the city boy out of someone if you put them anywhere else from the city and that's one of the reasons why I wrote what I said... And the so-called farm raised people who for whatever reason currently live in a retirement home such as the place I choose to reside in are always ribbing me about how bad it must have been growing up in the city, and whether or not some criminal in the news from NYC is related to me, or did I grow up with any of them, or did you socialize with any of them, and then ask me if I have ever been arrested, or have I ever committed a crime, or even ask if I ever committed a murder...
When this sort of questioning and probing me without any basis for doing so happens day in, day out you sort of get tired of hearing how they constantly express their pride about the fact that they were raised on a farm, and how there's practically no crime whatsoever in rural America so don't bring any here speech especially if it's done in a manner that strongly suggests that they're warning you to walk a straight line here in these parts or else... You just get tired after almost five years of living the the country coming from the same individuals regardless of whether or not they're young or old...
Lately when I have to endure this type of bigotry - if that's what you want to call it, I use a new one word response to their opinions and thoughts... I simply say "ARGO!" which I use to shorten what I really want to respond with... If anyone has seen the movie they surely would understand what I really mean when I use the word "ARGO"as a response and since this is a family atmosphere based forum, I cannot divulge what I really mean when I use that particular term towards another person or persons... After I express the term confidently, I wait for their response... And then just either ride away in my power chair or no longer pay any attention to them any longer, nor do I acknowledge their existence afterwards...
Call it what you want but, that's how I roll literally speaking... For the most part, the people from these parts are nice folks yet, there's handful who are lucky that I'm disabled and because of this, their physical condition is safe around me... Boy are they lucky! they're also very ignorant about their own personal opinions towards people from the city like myself. before I close my eyes for the night, I do pray for them to open up their minds to diversity and one day soon enough, my prayers will be answered... I may no longer be alive but my prayers will be answered nonetheless. So have a nice day Plasma 56 and remember to give credit to those who deserve it and when you get a chance read the farm code... How's that for a laugh?
Respectfully for the most part,
Henry