Cocky’s bLog
So, people tell me a need a blog, because like everyone else, I have a unique perspective on the world. I’m 67, I didn’t come out until I was 35 (do the math), and it was a very different world. So now I’m just a wee pit political, as we are trying to go back to the land of Leave It To Beaver, and trust me when I tell you no mom in my neighborhood wore stilettos, a dress and pearls to do housework. And I’m from a community outside Cleveland OH, just like the Cleavers. So, forgive me if I ask, how much better than ‘them’ can we be if we can’t get along and be understanding among ourselves? I’ll get to those trivial matters in the future*
I grew up catholic, was never abused, but even in my little parish in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, we had a scandal. A local priest and the head (pun intended) church lady were accused of, well, it wasn’t the Epstein files, so I’ll move on.
OK, I’ll start with some of the current non-issue issues.
· WTF is the big deal about drag queens. Can anyone cite an instance where a drag queen with an automatic weapon put several shots into a nurse? Just asking.
· Trans People. OK, the only trans people I know are those that felt OK telling me their story. Specifically, I know these men as men and frankly, if I saw one of them using the lady’s room there would be trouble. BUT we want to pass laws that legislate hate crimes? And are they going to have penis police? ‘Oh, but he didn’t poo in the stall’. If you are that concerned about bodily functions, shouldn’t you be the one not permitted in a public bathroom?
· OK, this one we need to be more forgiving on. Pronouns and such. Reminder, 32 years is longer than half ya all have been alive. So, even then, ‘they, them, you, your, et al’ - - any sir that has ever been mam’d or any mam that has ever been sir’d can relate. BUT, even then, there were people who, after being corrected, make a point of being .. well, even then, using the pronoun IT over and over usually got them back on track or me getting transferred to a supervisor. As the master of making a short story long, how hard is it to be polite?
o Cut people some slack
§ I have a friend, a former and returning drag queen, who I only knew as him, like a rose, sprouted from the snow (if you don’t get it, give back your toaster) and now and again I slip and say him. A mutual friend scolds me! Tell me Bruce Jenner’s family doesn’t slip once and awhile.
Spread Joy Not Hate
*depending on how you got to Cocky’s bLog, you may have a clue.