Posted on 01/16/2012 1:48:07 PM PST by Lazamataz
ON this Martin Luther King day, it is customary to review the progress African Americans have made in striding towards a level of equality with the majority races.
But I wish to speak of the unsung heros of the Civil Rights movement: Velociraptors.
I, as a velociraptor in a wool suit, have experienced HORRIFIC discrimination since the day I first poked my snout out of the stout eggshell that served as my womb.
The level of discrimination a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous faces, is unreal. Hell, I walk onto a MARTA train ...and everyone screams and runs, and MARTA police are ALWAYS shooting at me.
Good thing I hunt in packs. If not for my friends, the cops would have gotten me a long time ago.
And as far as jobs?? FORGET IT. Let's leave aside the fact that I usually devour the interviewer in the first 30 seconds, shall we? The fact remains: I *NEVER* GET THE OFFER.
Housing is impossible to acquire for a 'raptor. Every time I fill out a lease, it's always the same 'stereotypical' questions: "Have you eaten any of your neighbors?" This is not even considered a discriminatory question under the Fair Housing Act, yet it is clearly directed at those of us of the Thunder Lizard Persuasion.
Because of the housing discrimination I face, I must live in the woods, and as you can imagine, there are far fewer people to eat there. Location, for a velociraptor, is everything.
Is there any federal aid available for us? I should think not. NOT ONE BILL in the last 100 Congresses have been written to address the special difficulties faced by velociraptors in wool suits. Hell, I cannot even enter a federal building without the National Guard being called, and this -- obviously -- prevents me from obtaining scholorships, Welfare, or even Food Stamps.
And we marched, back in the 1960's, right alongside the Ray Innis' and the Jesse Jacksons' and the Martin Luther Kings'. We were leaping on police detachments with 20-foot vertical leaps, tearing heads from bodies, and disemboweling police with a single swipe of our vicious claws. Yet are we given ANY credit for helping minorities have a voice in America?
We need to talk about the discrimination shown towards velociraptors in wool suits. I hope this article can open that dialogue.
You have a lovely smile and the world should be able to admire it for the marvel that it is.
Man-eating Lizard King!!!!
LOL! Your post is a thing of beauty.
Good feeding and oviposition...
Certainly not until after the Republican primaries. LOL!
Your problem is that you don’t understand the system.
Fill in lesbian in all the blanks.
They have to hire you.
You too!
Have you tried wearing Air Jordans?
Vincent Donofrio, of Law & Order fame ....................... FRegards
I think I saw that sign when I was on a date with Renee Daewimmen.
WHOOSH!
Given the title and the second sentence (to say nothing of the poster, not really. I gave my short-tempered response to the opening line.
Well, in all honesty, a headline like this one is an attention-grabber in and of itself.
You are short-tempered???
You have promise as a potential velociraptor in a wool suit.
Thanks for my first lol of the day. You’re the gift that keeps on giving!
You ever see a dinosaur curtsey before?
Because you are about to.
“You have promise as a potential velociraptor in a wool suit.”
I have my doubts. I fear wool can’t contain me. Bursts into flame, that sort of thing...
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