My Thoughts on Stereotypes

*Vulgar Language Warning*

The first thing that pops into my head at times when you hear about people being racist is Achmed the Dead Terrorist saying, "You racist bastard!" to Jeff Dunham at his comedy shows. It wasn't even that apparent to me how racist people still were until Obama came into office. Because if he was a white man, I doubt they'd be taking him through the ringer on everything. Hell, Bush had a drug and alcohol problem at one point and no one even batted an eye lash at it. But everything with Obama is different.

They've question his religion even though he's said himself he's a Christian, has accepted Jesus as his savior and goes to church. And even though he's done all of these things people still insist that he's a Muslim and they question the churches he goes too. And then there's the whole birther thing. And no one would do that if he was a white man. Well maybe some of the crazies would, but not on such a huge level would it of happened. Then, you have the fact that he received the highest honors at Harvard University and they're questioning his education! They don't just let anyone become the Editor of the Harvard Law Review!

Ron and Rand Paul think that the Civil Rights Act was wrong because they think people should have the right to refuse service to someone for whatever reason. Which I think is ridiculous since the Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal. So because it says that we all should have equal rights and I don't think that someone should be able to refuse service because of someones race. That isn't what this country was founded on and it's not what we stand for. We all bleed the same damn color so skin color shouldn't matter to anyone. And the fact that it does is just depressing.

I also don't understand that if the Declaration of Independence says:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Can we even legally say that gay marriage is illegal if this in our Declaration of Independence? Because if all men (and women of course) were created equal than we cannot say that one group of persons can't have the same rights as another group because then our Declaration of Independence would be null and void. And if people say that because they said Creator that it's what rights God gave them there are various arguments for that. A creator could be their parents because their parents created them when they chose to have a child. It doesn't have to just apply to God.

Some Americans also have a Muslim problem. Which is also ridiculous. Just because someone used a means to an end doesn't make it evil. You have people out there who misuse Christianity so you can only expect for the same thing to happen with other religions. And with the way this problem is going we will be no better than Nazi Germany. Yes, Nazi Germany. We may not be going after the Jews but we are going after the Muslims for stupid reasons and it makes us no better than Nazi Germany. And that is not what this country stands for and we are better than that. And just because you don't agree with how their religion treats people doesn't mean it doesn't happen with other religions. Just take a look around and see for yourself.

Women don't only have stereotypes, we also have double standards. And all of them suck. Just because a woman has different plumbing than a man doesn't mean she isn't capable of the same things a man is. I'm also tired of men trying to say what a woman can and cannot do which then gets us into the inequality aspect of it. And I could go on and on and on about that. Women have been fighting for these rights for years and we're now starting to go backwards instead of forwards because of these stupid chauvinistic pigs in office.

And for some reason there's people out there think that a woman's place is in the home or that all women should be girly girls. Are you fucking kidding me? Some of us were taught to be independent and to think for ourselves. Not everyone wants to be a house wife. But if a woman chooses that path than that's her right to do it. But it shouldn't apply to all the women out there. And this whole girly girl thing. Give me a damn break. Some of us like to be comfortable and not spend an hour or more everyday getting ready to go out. We're not fragile. We don't have to be coddled and treated like trophies because that's not what we are. We're not your property, we won't be brainwashed and we won't have these things expected of us all the damn time. It's our choice, not yours.

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
~Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed.  If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes.'  They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes."
~Clare Boothe Luce