I've been thinking about how to express what it is I'm feeling. I think it's best summed up: I don't give a shit.
I understand the concept of prejudices and accept them. Dammit, I embrace them. This does not make me racist, anti-semetic, homophobic or any other label a (your) narrow mind is tempted to slap on me.
When my dad receives an unsolicited opinion, his stock answer is, "Y eso que me importa?" I am my father's daughter. I firmly believe that people spend entirely too much time worried about what other people think. I don't think like you. Deal. FYI: Dealing does not involve bitching to me because, as you know, I don't give a shit. Don't like my views, my profanity, my race, my fat ass, or my flip attitude? Say it with me now: I don't give a shit.
I don't respond well, if at all, to lectures or threats of damnation. Please know, lest you assume that I'm ignorant or have a low IQ, that I am both educated and brilliant. Please know that I am a fag hag, that my son's father is half Irish and half Lebanese. Please be informed that I have seven nieces and nephews, all of whom are half black and all of whom I love very deeply. Please rest secure in the knowledge that my last employer was Jewish and I have profound respect and admiration for him, his family and his success.
If you've read this far, you may be interested to know, that I laugh at racist jokes if they're funny... that I believe in God and am iffy about religion...I love tradition, but abhor conformity. Politically, I'm a centrist with leftward leanings. Church and State should be separate; the idea George W. as Pope makes me queasy. I do believe the Pledge should say "one nation under God" I believe in a woman's right to choose. I chose. I have an eight year old and no regrets. If you disagree with me, your opinion is as important as any American's, even mine. That said your opinion is meaningless to me. Stop. Don't take it personally. Just get some confidence and one day soon you will honestly be able to say, "I don't give a shit"
