Saturday, December 02, 2017
LGGBDTTTIQQAAPP...gimme a break
Did you attend your LGGBDTTTIQQAAPP Inclusiveness Training? Yes, that's a real thing and the actual title of a Canadian course offered to their elementary school teachers. I can't help but wonder if half the class isn't spent just defining the alphabet soup acronym. If you're curious, it stands for Lesbian, Gay, Genderqueer, Bisexual, Demisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Twospirit, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, Asexual, Allies, Pansexual, and Polyamorous. Somewhere along the line, this "Me Generation" has decided that everyone needs a label(s) and humanity must recognize and accommodate every new identity that people can dream up to give themselves a feeling of distinction. Add to that the thousands of different classifications for each race, religion, social group, medical condition, education, occupation, gender, proclivities, desires, etc. All of which I've seen crusaders promoting special sensitivity awareness requirements. Why has it become so friggin' complicated? Back in the day, our parents taught us 2 simple credos: "Live and let live" and "Do unto others...". A lifetime could be spent trying to learn and adhere to all the special compensations needed to accommodate every individual trait that humans opt to create a label for. The more difficult we make it, the less likely that harmony can be achieved. It needn't be rocket surgery to be a socially good person. You can keep your specialized expectations for every conceivable social label. As a matter of fact, you can blow them out your self-aggrandizing bung holes. I'll stick to the 2 credos my mamma taught me. If you aren't hurting anyone else, do and be your own 'thing'...whatever that may be. My agreement with your 'thing' is irrelevant--as is your opinion of my 'thing'. But if you accept me & mine, I'll accept you & yours, and we can all go about our judgment-free business.