A journal of a wimpy man who learns from the hard knocks of life and changes his ways to be better.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Friday, August 12, 2016
Making fun of people who talk different than me -
Making fun of people who talk different than me -
I see this so very often in the media as they slam and crash on Donald Trump and how he talks. Then, we carry it onto the web via social media and in real life real time we mock and ridicule others for the way they talk and use words we sometimes believe to be rude and crude but basic and simple to them in order to speak or communicate in a style or manner they are comfortable with most of the time.
People laugh when someone doesn't pronounce a word properly, don't write something in proper English, spelling mistakes etc. – mostly, it’s the mainstream media who have targeted Trump for his English grammar shortcomings and finding easy targets in this game of Hit Trump in the mouth kind of game.
But this laughter goes deeper than that – it dwells into left field and becomes political fodder for many. Why is it okay to laugh at someone who is trying to write or speak in a language which he/she is not so good at but has to or chooses to do it due to circumstances or lack of proper education. Maybe, Trump talks the way he does because that’s his comfort zone and most people understand his words and related to them better than those politically correct double meaning coded words politician speak all the time.
What makes it okay to laugh about something that might be so sensitive to some who struggle to find the right words at the right time? What about the other characteristics that makes them a good person or better at heart than others?
I get that someone mispronouncing a word can be quite funny for someone who is quite fluent in that language, but where's our humanity? The kind of posts I see on vlogs, MSM articles and blogs which make fun of people's not so good English – quite I honestly don't like them.
I don’t have or need the urge to laugh at other people's poor English but after I actually started learning another way of understanding my own language. I came to know by trying to understand how and what they were saying.
Then, in repeating what was said, I began to experience how embarrassing and humiliating it can be to be made fun of. I would probably never even dare to try to speak in that language due to fear of embarrassment or at least, it was a thought that I had under those circumstances.
People who grow up being familiar with English, at least to some degree speak very well and pronounce every syllable and complete sentences most of the time. It’s not a fixed rule but a common practice to do it that way. Being familiar with a language and actually learning to speak, read or write that language is a totally different ball game. however, taking in the rule of ridicule, they both have the same lasting impact.
I have watched people who only speak foreign languages struggle with English and understand their disabilities. I think I have some familiarity with various languages, but I don't know how to speak any of them fluently or well enough to write it but I try at times and make a fool of myself doing so but not purposely.
I can say some words, understand some words but that's it. That's how the situation is real for some people here. They don't know how to speak English properly or write it but the lack of familiarity gives them kind of a false confidence, when trounced by others, I would say, for the lack of a better word.
But it doesn't mean you can make fun of them. Because it would only make the situation worse, because they would become defensive and I don't know how that would be helpful. I think not making fun of them and allowing them to make mistakes while guiding them in a subtle way is what should be done. Family is usually the best source for such guidance.
This very same principle applies to those who chose to communicate in words and sentences they are comfortable with and fits their own style to communicate - Whether they are educated or not, foreign or domestically raised, it is never right to make fun of anyone who chose to speak different than you do.
Thanks for reading
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton - Rational or Irrational
OPINION - History will show Hillary Clinton as one of the most prolific and unresolved Secretary of State officials ever. She was at one time brilliant and a high caliber producing official who showed results in her work or missions. In many ways, she was a good American patriot working for our government and sacrificing her time and effort to keep our national security safe and secure.
Time took its toll – she was no longer the humanitarian once believed to be. People were dying around her as her wealth grew and foreign influence fostered. She was no longer a woman of wit and humor; she had turned into a political machine. Her ideas, mental state, and methods became unsound and ruthless. Unsound to the definition of the word. Secondarily, her mental health is not the best of mind and could cause short term problems for her abilities to make critical decisions.
Today, she is worshipped like a goddess by the Democratic Party, her staunch political allies, the Saudis and anyone else who managed to get an audience with her and her entourage for the hefty fees she demands to be engaged. She had and still has, an Army of men and women, willing to do anything she asked or demanded without question. She controlled embassies, foreign interest and negotiated deals only known what these terms were, by those present at the signing or handshake.
Well, I have some shocking news to tell you. Hillary Clinton is about to be arrested for treason and other federal law violations. If you don’t follow the train of thought, there are emails of gun-running, overthrowing the government of Libya and the destruction of Syria by aiding and arming rebels to overthrow the existing governments. All in the name of American and Mideast regional stability and safety. The eventual demise of our government’s weaknesses has been exposed to the work via the internet and time is not on our side to recover these vulnerabilities.
In most cases, it is presumed that emails will disclose she had double agents working the fields to garner lucrative contracts for resources and weapons. For the most part, she stood alone from the POTUS and took matters in her own hands. You see, we are at war – at war with Islamic Terrorists Extremists and things get confused in this war. War is about power, control, money, ideals, morality or lack of such values and practical military necessities.
Hillary Clinton handled it all – she was our foreign affairs broker with other countries including Russia. Being out there, all alone by herself, there is a strong temptation to feel like a god or in her case, goddess. By herself, she dealt with the rational and irrational, between good and evil and we have learned from war, the good does not always triumph in war. Sometimes the dark side takes over and leverages the outcome that often brings us to a breaking point.
Today, we are at that breaking point. Everybody has one – you and me and Hillary Clinton. She has allowed the dark side to take control of the angels of our nature bringing out the evil in men. Obviously, she has reached her breaking point and is not certifiable insane.
Clinton is operating without “any decent restraint that is totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct.” People in power like this need to be lawfully and methodically terminated from power, control and access to further resources that may destroy our civilization as we know it to be with extreme prejudice.
A political windfall is not acceptable. Hillary Clinton needs to be defeated in her run for the office of the President of the United States. America must find a viable legal and lawful method or alternative to stop the election or selection of Hillary Clinton as our next president.
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