Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for December 05, 2021

Ha ha reminds me of the movie The Watermelon man great movie a white bigoted racist wakes up as a black man great movie taught me a lot about racism early in life.

Pride goeth before a fall.

Now is the Autumn of his discontent.

So there, ttthhhuurwwwwppppp.

Underneath it all, we’re all the same.

Just goes to show that it is best not to judge people based on looks or other superficial traits because as things change you could be included in the next prejudice and judged unfairly.

Let he who is without sin (well, THAT PARTICULAR SIN) cast the first stone. So if you are not gay, you can condemn them in the name of the Lord.

Love thy neighbor – but you get to choose who your neighbor is. Chances are they aren’t Muslim, Asian or Latino.

The truth shall set you free – but we’ll ban books.

I saw a program last night on the Nazi Jesus that depicted how Hitler twisted Christianity into a nationalist religion. So these quotes are from The GOP Revised Bible.

Just Leaf me alone!!!

Ah ha! Colorism is alive and well.

Autumn leaves must fall, but don’t you know that it hurts me so

To say goodbye to you wish you didn’t have to go no no no no

This how I feel when I see jokes about old people.

Reminds me of “Black Like Me”, the excellent book by John Howard Griffin about a white guy (himself) passing for a black man in the Southern US of the ‘50s. Article’s from 10 years ago, but the racism never dies. Pretty sure it’s no longer “included in high-school curriculums” as it was then.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/black-like-me-50-years-later-74543463/

Pride goeth before an Autumn. :)

Priceless! I love it. It’s fun when you get to be profound and fun at the same time. Well done!

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” Mark Twain

Leaving so soon?

KARMA!

All the No Good Jerks are off the trees and in the yard. Where they will be left to decompose and become soil.

Now you’re in for it.

That’ll teach you to be intolerant!