Posted on 07/03/2013 7:53:54 AM PDT by 7thson
An interesting thing just happened to me. I am walking down the hallway where I work and coming down the corridor towards me is a black person who is blind. I am walking on my right side and he is walking on his right side. There is office furniture along the wall in his path. I call out there is office furniture in front of you in about ten feet. Loud enough for him to hear. He keeps walking and wham – walks face first into the side of a desk standing up on its end. I grab him to see if he is okay and to try to help him. He angrily shrugs me off and says to let him be, to let him walk on his own. I walk away pissed off.
The thought came to me as I walked away that this is symbolic of our American culture today. We see people about to walk over the cliff or into a wall. We yell out to warn them of the danger. They walk off the cliff or into the wall anyway. Then they get angry when we try to pick them up, help them, and set them on the right path.
Has it always been like this? Has our society evolved into a surly and ignorant populace over the last few decades?
Has it always been like this? Has our society evolved into a surly and ignorant populace over the last few decades?
No and yes...
that is when you are justified in calling them a dumba$$ and walking away
You’re more than welcome to carry me up the stairs.
Just doing my part.
It’s due to government schools and the culture of professional victim hood spawned by their indoctrination.
After fourteen years of schooling, the vast majority of graduates are only qualified to join the FSA (Free “Stuff” Army).
You weren’t too busy texting to see him?
You weren’t too excited about filming him for some variant America’s Funniest Videos to warn him?
You weren’t too absorbed in your own problems to stop and check on his?
The problem is obvious to me, but liberals would say the problem is you. It’s the government’s job to look after people, not yours. Your role is supposed to just be posting what happened with “LOL” for a comment.
He was angry at himself and his problem, not specifically at you. It was not about you and not about his race. And yes, that kind of thing has always been true. Some people are kind, some bitter, some joyful, some hostile. Some meet disability, loss, disappointment, pain, or loneliness with courage and grace, while others shrink into bitterness.
Best solution I’ve ever encountered: when someone pisses me off like this, I pray for them. I pray that they will turn to prayer, too. Guess what? It often works. Maybe not right this minute or even this year, but down the road. And I pray for myself too, so I’ll meet my own rejection from them with mildness rather than irritation.
—The OTTB mare, now trying to practice what she so glibly preaches, laughing at herself and her pride
It’s mostly because our melting pot is filled with a large percentage of throwaway people that are like an anchor around our necks. This is the main problem with America that is much worse than the Muslim threat.
Maybe he wasn’t really blind.
Well said.
You’ll get no argument from my crippled ass. If I don’t want help its no reason to be rude when a simple “No thank you” will suffice.
I don’t even use handicapped parking because its too easy to get lazy and there are people in far worse shape than me.
7thson, yes, there’s a lot of rudeness and ignorance. Many people aren’t civil because they don’t have a clue what it is. They live in a zoo. But there are folks like you and me, and many others, who were taught as little ones how to be kind and generous, until we felt it in our own hearts. We must continue to demonstrate this quality to others. Who knows but that, that man might have been startled and embarrassed at the time, but felt remorse about his behavior towards you after he recovered. Last week I helped a black woman get orange juice out of a long case in the grocery store. A few minutes later, I was struggling with my own groceries, felt a little tap on my shoulder, and there she was grinning from ear-to-ear. “Now, may I help YOU?” But, I know how you feel. Sometimes it’s hard not to lose heart. :-(
If you think this country was divided in the 1960's, check out the 1860's. The 1960's was a national love-in compared to the Civil War.
It’s all a result of hubris, which is a natural consequence of a decadent society.
No it hasn’t always been this way. But slowly, since the 1960s, pointing out to someone that they are wrong, has become “judgemental”. And that is the highest sin in today’s “do your own thing” culture.
My suggestion is to allow the Darwin Effect to cull them from the breeding pool. . . (evil grin)
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