Lee Phillips

I Was a Normal Person... As an individual, I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white, into a two-parent, two gender household which now, whether I like it or not, makes me "Privileged", a racist and responsible for slavery. I am fiscally responsible and moral, which by today's standards, makes me a fascist because I plan, budget and support myself. I went to school, worked my way “up the ladder”, and have always held a job. But I now find out that I am not here because I earned it, but because I was "advantaged”. I am heterosexual, which according to "gay" folks, now makes me homophobic. I am not a Muslim, which now labels me as an infidel. I am older than 60, making me a useless person who doesn't understand Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. I think and I reason, and I doubt much of what the "mainstream" media tells me, which makes me a "Right-wing conspiracy nut”. I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive culture, making me a xenophobe. I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits, which today makes me anti-socialist and probably a misogynist. I believe our system guarantees freedom of effort - not freedom of outcome or subsidies which must make me a borderline sociopath. I believe in the defense and protection of the USA for and by all its citizens, now making me a militant. I am proud of our flag, what it stands for and the many who died to let it fly, so I stand during our National Anthem - so I must be a racist. Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore! If all this nonsense wasn't enough to deal with, now I don't even know which restroom to use... and I have to go more FREQUENTLY!