hey peeps. i hope you had a great weekend. mine was fantastic, in fact, i have been having a lovely last few days. this all ended about 10 minutes ago.
listen, there are few things i dislike more than being treated like a silly child. in fact, right off of the top of my head i cannot think of one thing i dislike more than being patronized. it just bugs me, as i am sure you can understand. so here's the story.
at work today i was informed, via la facebook, that my dear friend and mentor and sensei Flavia will be making an appearance on the Ricki Lake show. she will be talking about cochlear implants, which are a very, VERY sticky subject in the Deaf community, but one that i have studied at great length and i have established my opinion about them based on years of study. well this guy at work basically just told me, in the most patronizing manner possible how silly i was and said "we'll see how you feel in 30 years". really? i mean really?! so because he is 25 years my senior and we disagree on a very sensative subject that means that i am just a little silly child who will learn my lesson soon enough? grrrr i haven't been this mad in a while and frankly, i don't like it one bit!
i would like to think that at 30 years old the opinions that i have are not just baseless nonsense. i have very strong opinions about certain things, but those are things that i have looked into, read about, listened to both sides of, and been greatly open-minded about before forming that opinion. i respect others opinions and expect the same. ugh.
is that too much to ask?
in the words of Misters favorite "good grief".
~hugs
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