Bigotry Gets On My Nerves
- By Tracy Ames
- Published April 1, 2011
Tracy Ames
Mrs. Ames is an international bestselling author of interracial erotic fiction and a former columnist for several newsletters and magazines.
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Tracy currently split time between Greenwich CT & New York City with her husband, children and a host of pets.
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Hiya folks,
Yesterday was a bust. My promos are kicking my butt, and to added insult to injury we entertained a couple of Greg’s law buddies and their families.
Did I mention my promos were kicking my butt? Yeah, they are!
After dinner, the topic of Islam and Muslims came up. Let me start by saying I don’t suffer close minded, ill informed, under educated, bigots well. Okay, I don’t suffer them at all.
One of the guys, we’ll call him BA (bitch ass), took a jab at Greg because he excused himself to pray. First of all, Greg prays as if he’s collecting Holy points. Second, if BA was so manly, why did he wait until Greg was upstairs before incorrectly alluding that he was Muslim? And since when has being Muslim been a negative?
You know what happened next. I snapped.
BA said Islamic culture attributed nothing to civilization so doing away with them isn’t big deal. I kindly reminded him that were it not for Muslims he’d be drinking dirty water, ignorance of the globe’s circumference, and dead from want of proper medicine and/or his doctor’s poor understanding of the circulatory system. BUT he wouldn’t have died in America or in a hospital for that matter because Christopher Columbus wouldn’t have had their maps* and Muslims created the first hospitals where they treated everyone not just fellow Muslims. And, yeah, that telescope thingy…Muslims created it thousands of years before the West!
Also, most words in the English language beginning with ‘Al’ are borrowed the Islamic world and Latin. Example: Alchemy, alcohol, alloyed, algebra, and algorithm. These were Muslim contributions to Western civilization—without them we’d be lost. Some people’s stupidity is staggering. How do you not know this stuff?
In the end, Greg had to pull me off of him and I lost my already strained voice. Bigotry gets on my nerves!
*Yes, old Chris read them wrong, which the Jews on board pointed out, but he still had them. And Isabella and Ferdinand didn’t sponsor his voyage, a Jewish guy bankrolled the expedition while another Jew had to stop Isabella from killing our homey Chris for setting sail. *rubs temples*
Rant Over….
Anyway, here are a few excellent documentaries. “Science and Islam” is really good. Check out the channel. Enjoy….
Yesterday was a bust. My promos are kicking my butt, and to added insult to injury we entertained a couple of Greg’s law buddies and their families.
Did I mention my promos were kicking my butt? Yeah, they are!
After dinner, the topic of Islam and Muslims came up. Let me start by saying I don’t suffer close minded, ill informed, under educated, bigots well. Okay, I don’t suffer them at all.
One of the guys, we’ll call him BA (bitch ass), took a jab at Greg because he excused himself to pray. First of all, Greg prays as if he’s collecting Holy points. Second, if BA was so manly, why did he wait until Greg was upstairs before incorrectly alluding that he was Muslim? And since when has being Muslim been a negative?
You know what happened next. I snapped.
BA said Islamic culture attributed nothing to civilization so doing away with them isn’t big deal. I kindly reminded him that were it not for Muslims he’d be drinking dirty water, ignorance of the globe’s circumference, and dead from want of proper medicine and/or his doctor’s poor understanding of the circulatory system. BUT he wouldn’t have died in America or in a hospital for that matter because Christopher Columbus wouldn’t have had their maps* and Muslims created the first hospitals where they treated everyone not just fellow Muslims. And, yeah, that telescope thingy…Muslims created it thousands of years before the West!
Also, most words in the English language beginning with ‘Al’ are borrowed the Islamic world and Latin. Example: Alchemy, alcohol, alloyed, algebra, and algorithm. These were Muslim contributions to Western civilization—without them we’d be lost. Some people’s stupidity is staggering. How do you not know this stuff?
In the end, Greg had to pull me off of him and I lost my already strained voice. Bigotry gets on my nerves!
*Yes, old Chris read them wrong, which the Jews on board pointed out, but he still had them. And Isabella and Ferdinand didn’t sponsor his voyage, a Jewish guy bankrolled the expedition while another Jew had to stop Isabella from killing our homey Chris for setting sail. *rubs temples*
Rant Over….
Anyway, here are a few excellent documentaries. “Science and Islam” is really good. Check out the channel. Enjoy….
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8 Responses to "Bigotry Gets On My Nerves"
said this on 01 Apr 2011 6:42:28 AM CDT
TA, you actually wasted you precious time on BA. You could have presented black and white documentation/facts, talked until you turned blue, raise a Muslim or two from the dead (lol yeah I know) to get the point across but his wall of ignorance would never allow him to see past his self-righteous opinions.
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said this on 02 Apr 2011 5:27:17 PM CDT
Judy, I told Greg I was in a bad mood and we should cancel the dinner. BA is a dick. Knocking his block off would've been justified.
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said this on 01 Apr 2011 7:05:30 AM CDT
When I have to deal with such ignorance my eye starts "twitching". I supposed the worse part is when the bigots have the look on their face like "What did I say?", that's when you know ignorance knows no bounds. One of the bigots I had to deal was also an attorney.
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said this on 02 Apr 2011 5:32:05 PM CDT
LOL! Your eye starts twitching? Now that's rich! That 'What did I say?' look bugs me because it means they're so stupid they don't recognized they're bigotry AND they don't plan on doing anything about it. Gggrr!
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said this on 01 Apr 2011 8:52:31 PM CDT
Ok, missy! What kind of law "buddies" are you letting in your home? This idiot doesn't have the sense God gave him to 1) accept the invite in the first damn place, 2) take a "jab" at his HOST for excusing himself to pray and 3) make the damn comment in front of the HOSTESS! Didn't this knucklehead know you were going to DEFEND your husband? Didn't he know to keep his thoughts and feelings to himself? Sheesh! A bigot AND a stupid!
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said this on 02 Apr 2011 5:43:21 PM CDT
Debbie, yu so funny. I don't know what he was thinking. Maybe him and his wife roll like that but Greg and I don't. This was my first time meeting BA and his wife. Greg didn't like BA when they worked together because BA was lazy. The invite was extended only because Greg's acting as SC on one of BA's cases.
After BA's comments, Greg went through the case and said it was shotty word - easily discredited. Greg can't go into details of the case (actually I know nothing at all, only that it's put him in a mood of self-reflection all weekend) however he is going to chat with the partners tomorrow. How much do you wanna bet this case involves minorities or Muslims? |
said this on 02 Apr 2011 4:54:17 PM CDT
You educated BA but the question is: Did he learn anything. But the truth of the matter is that a bigot would smile in your face and still see nothing wrong even though you spit/flow with knowledge and it was wasted on someone that was so close minded.
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said this on 02 Apr 2011 5:51:20 PM CDT
You're right. People like him don't 'hear' knowledge. They're too busy blasting ignorance. I thought he was kidding at first...sadly he wasn't. I wonder what type of children this asshole will create? Okay, I'm getting angry again. *breathe*
He better be glad Greg had just picked up his extra Holy points...otherwise he would've gotten his ass kicked. |