My Time in the Comments Section

As an amateur troll - believe it or not, I don't make money with this mickey mouse blog - I spend a ton of my spare time on twitter and reading articles, listening to podcasts and wasting my life on message boards. It's starting to kill me. As time goes by, there are more and more protests about the racial inequality in the United States (and it exists everywhere). This morning I read an article on CBC about the Houston Texans kneeling during the anthem to protest the owner calling them 'inmates.' An obviously insensitive remark, inflammatory and made all the more inappropriate when taken in the context of what this protest is about. Another example of an old white guy, that doesn't get it.

Dear Comments Section,

You are unthinkably stupid. I won't explain the protest to you again, because it has been forced down your throat enough. You know what it's about. And yet, here we are. Still posting your ignorance, still the racist remarks, still. If you are coming out against these protests after this point - a point that could be placed weeks or months ago - you are a racist. There is nothing more to say, there is no defense. Your problem is not with disrespecting the flag, or the military, it's with Black people wanting their fair shot. Your problem is with a person of minority, and people of minority. We know this, in spite of your weak on-line arguments about respecting veterans, and loving your country. We know this because when the computer is off, and the phone is in your pocket, you vocalize your racism in horrific and obvious ways.

You are the men with tiki torches.

From here on out, I hope you are treated as such.