Well
this is to those people. I’m calling
you out.
You
are not special. You do not have the right to throw your single
minded wishes around as thought they were decrees from god, or government, or
whatever you happen to believe imbues your self-righteous sword of authority.
The
reality is that most (not all) of you are lonely elders with nothing better to
do with your lives than meddle with others (including other ‘elders’ I’m sure).
Your
lawn might be well cared for, your home might be in order, your picket fence
could be white and your car is like new from lack of use. Maybe your spouse has
passed on, and you have too much time because you are retired. Time that
perhaps feels a little like a tomb at your age. I would hope you have children
and grandchildren to help fill your lives with love and laughter, but perhaps
some of you do not.
Unfortunately,
I’m a good person who cares about other people (even you goddammit). I can’t
help but consider what you, one of those
people, might be going through at any given time. Perhaps you are having your
own problems aside from the possibilities I wrote above. I have no doubt you
are battling with your own demons, as we all do. Obstacles and adversity care
not about age.
However,
thus far in my experience, you, those
people, are simply high on your supposed horses and seeking to feel important.
My compassion and empathy are usually a futile waste of time.
There
have been people like you throughout the ages, usually picking on the ‘little
guy’, so to speak. Your inflated sense of importance causes you to believe that
it’s okay to do the things you do to cause other people difficulty. I’m sure,
in your own mind your reasoning is sound. To those of us who believe in
tolerance, compassion, kindness, communication and compromise, your reasoning
is, frankly, flawed and ridiculous.
For
instance, if the rest of us can put up with your crap attitudes without getting
pitchforks and nooses out, I think the least you could do is be a teensy
humble, maybe appreciate that we haven’t set fire to your home or made you
disappear.
In
closing, my advice to those people is
this: Karma has thousands of faces, and we’re watching you. You might want to take
a page from Scrooge’s book, before the ghosts of the past catch up with your
cold cranky ass.