May 20, 2013
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Anybody Who Calls People Names is Stupid - Repost
Long ago, about the time these photos were taken, we got to go out to eat at a restaurant once - all 3 kids and the parents. That did not happen very often - usually only on vacations - road trips - from Michigan to Illinois or Pennsylvania. Anyway, this one time we ate out at a restaurant, another family was there too. One of the children in the other family called another child a name. My mother overheard the name - and commented to us, "Anyone who calls people names is stupid!"
Anyway, that's the family story. It's kind of funny actually.
Calling people names seems to be a rather common phenomenon.
There have been all sorts of ethnic, racists, sexists, and other names slapped on to individuals and whole groups of people - to label and demean them.About 50-60 years ago, there was an era referred to as "McCarthyism". Wikipedia has this to say about McCarthyism:
McCarthyism is the political action of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term specifically describes activities associated with the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. Originally coined to criticize the anti-communist pursuits of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, "McCarthyism" soon took on a broader meaning, describing the excesses of similar efforts. The term is also now used more generally to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries. - wikipediaIt seems to me that people - Americans in particular - are resorting to calling other good Americans names. It's seems popular to use these names to rile people up against each other.I think my mom was right - "Anyone who calls people names is stupid!"
Dead Turkey Joke of the Day A husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of marriage. When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.
She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage.
Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as her husband watched with a raised eyebrow. The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.
The therapist turned to the husband and said, "This is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?"
The husband thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish."
Today's YouTube Tune
Do you listen to people who call other people names? Or do you listen to people who ask you to think about the things people do?
Comments (8)
Name-callers are morons.
I grew up with a Pogo book featuring a cat named Simple J. Malarkey who accused all the denizens of the swamp of being birds, and urged them to migrate. It was powerful. Walt Kelly was a scathing critic of political stupidity.
@Roadkill_Spatula - The basic thing for birds to do is nest. Definitely some birds you do not like should nest around you.
Birds though get the last laugh and often leave their calling cards.
Calling people names is a lazyman way to discredit folks. Even saying I do not like them is pretty harsh. However the ultimate stopper is that they don't have time to dismiss you and yet they linger.
Yeah, stupid doo doo heads! So immature!
Awww, those pictures!
there comes a time when you grow up and realize even your parents and grandparents weren't saying the right thing but you just always accepted it as a kid.
My son told me that people are Asian and things are oriental. I didn't even know I was saying something wrong but when I realized it I've changed.
We used to call some people John Birchers,too.
FOOLS!
excuse me...will you please rephrase that...judge ye not lest ye be judged...and nea ner....and what she said ^^^^...she said it so I can too...
Your Mother was so right and I wish we would all follow that rule. The govt has taken away our rights to become individuals and to be respected for who we are, and instead labels us with what suits them.
We are all people no matter where we were born, and no matter where we live in this world.
IF people didn't have names how would we call them??? Everybody can't be "hey you"!