Anachronism

"I am an Island"

(With thanks to Paul Simon)

I am an outlier for these times:

I speak in complete sentences, choose my words with deliberation;
speak and write about actual ideas and complex thoughts instead of sound bites, memes and vitriol.

I write as I think, as I speak, feel;

I am neither hair-triggered in my reactions, nor am I prone to over-reaction or simplistic responses.

I see no purpose in responding to other people’s random comments by spewing unrelated invective
and running around with my hair on fire.

I take other people’s sensitivities and their understanding of my words into consideration;
I do not jump through hoops though to be constantly today’s de rigueur, politically correct
by tossing out a life-long vocabulary based on literature and travelling because someone, somewhere may misinterpret my intent.

I do not call people names; I either respond with deliberation, or I ignore them.

I do not make assumptions about people by their ethnicity, race, religion, sexuality, or political party.

If I find someone to be an uninformed, vindictive, prejudiced ass, then I judge that person by themselves and not as a member of a specific group other than a group of other similar jerks.

On the other hand, I’ve been told that I am overly sensitive to other people’s remarks made to me;
if I’m hurt, I might respond in kind, but please keep one thing in mind,
when I get really angry, I become silent.

Ronda R. Scott-Marak

© 6 June 2018