Really?
I'm normally never political and rarely talk about when **it hits the fan in my life. But with all that I've seen going on in our world, I think it's time to throw some things out there. A couple of big ones are these really, really little things that seems to be in short supply called common sense, and common courtesy. Let's tackle one at a time shall we?
Common sense: "the ability to think and behave in a reasonable way and to make good decisions." In other words, discretion, good judgement, wisdom of basic things (such as the sky is blue). Really not that hard to get right? The one thing that common sense says loudest you ask, "Have common courtesy." I.E. discretion.
Common Courtesy: "politeness that people can usually be expected to show." Again rather simple right?
So you know things like burning cars, ripping up park benches, signs with "women should have the same rights as guns" (didn't think that one through did ya since guns are banned from many places, and require a background check. Just saying.), bashing a defenseless 10 year old boy, screaming that all those except those who believe what you believe are a whole lot of unmentionable words or are unintelligent, demanding that anyone of a certain color is privileged and racist and horrible because of the color of their skin, burning the flag of the country you live in that gives you the right to said free speech, and general mayhem would be considered rude right? At least it would have where I was raised. Oh boy would someone have gotten the lecture and punishment of their life if they pulled a single one of these things or any of the other numerous things that have been happening around our country in the name of protest. Really guys? Really? What happened to the good old days when people just sat down and talked it out without screaming matches and just agreed to disagree. Or wrote well thought out respectful letters to the editor. Or you know here's an idea, kept their mouth shut rather than throwing a temper tantrum like a two year old when things didn't go their way. Not that people haven't always put other people down for one thing or another, but where I grew up we had this crazy thing called the golden rule. Do until others as you want them to do to you. We also had the Thumper Rule (remember Bambi?) "If you don't have nothin' nice to say, don't say nothin' at all." Good advice for being a bunny.
So, if you don't want someone coming in and getting in your face about how you are a horrible person when they don't know you, or burning down your car, or any of these other insane things, don't do it yourself. If you don't want to be called an idiot, don't call others idiots for being different than you. If you don't want others to be an unmentionable word to you, don't be it to them. This is common sense, and common courtesy.
Yes, this entire post is a nice way of saying stupid people do stupid stuff. If you don't want to be a stupid person, have a little common sense, and some common courtesy.
Common sense: "the ability to think and behave in a reasonable way and to make good decisions." In other words, discretion, good judgement, wisdom of basic things (such as the sky is blue). Really not that hard to get right? The one thing that common sense says loudest you ask, "Have common courtesy." I.E. discretion.
Common Courtesy: "politeness that people can usually be expected to show." Again rather simple right?
So you know things like burning cars, ripping up park benches, signs with "women should have the same rights as guns" (didn't think that one through did ya since guns are banned from many places, and require a background check. Just saying.), bashing a defenseless 10 year old boy, screaming that all those except those who believe what you believe are a whole lot of unmentionable words or are unintelligent, demanding that anyone of a certain color is privileged and racist and horrible because of the color of their skin, burning the flag of the country you live in that gives you the right to said free speech, and general mayhem would be considered rude right? At least it would have where I was raised. Oh boy would someone have gotten the lecture and punishment of their life if they pulled a single one of these things or any of the other numerous things that have been happening around our country in the name of protest. Really guys? Really? What happened to the good old days when people just sat down and talked it out without screaming matches and just agreed to disagree. Or wrote well thought out respectful letters to the editor. Or you know here's an idea, kept their mouth shut rather than throwing a temper tantrum like a two year old when things didn't go their way. Not that people haven't always put other people down for one thing or another, but where I grew up we had this crazy thing called the golden rule. Do until others as you want them to do to you. We also had the Thumper Rule (remember Bambi?) "If you don't have nothin' nice to say, don't say nothin' at all." Good advice for being a bunny.
So, if you don't want someone coming in and getting in your face about how you are a horrible person when they don't know you, or burning down your car, or any of these other insane things, don't do it yourself. If you don't want to be called an idiot, don't call others idiots for being different than you. If you don't want others to be an unmentionable word to you, don't be it to them. This is common sense, and common courtesy.
Yes, this entire post is a nice way of saying stupid people do stupid stuff. If you don't want to be a stupid person, have a little common sense, and some common courtesy.
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