CLICKBAIT! Well, kind of, but not really. It seems as though since 2016, people all across America (the World, even, but who cares?) have been congregating in order to protest anything and everything. They put various names on these demonstrations, but ultimately, they are all “anti” something. Whether it be anti-fascist, anti-bullying, anti-Trump, anti-ICE, anti-police, and of course, anti-racism. To be honest, even the women’s marches turn out to be just anti-men. These protests seem like they are for good causes on the surface, but it appears that they either do nothing at all or wind up becoming full-blown riots. Of course, the mainstream media will tell us all that they are “mostly peaceful,” but to my knowledge, both Republicans and Democrats have two eyes. Pro-gay or pro-LGBTQ demonstrations do not seem to end in chaos. In fact, they actually seem to be the most pleasant of all the gatherings mentioned previously. They may not do a whole lot of anything, but at least cities aren’t burning. My buddy “L*n*e” is out there in his assless chaps just having a grand ole time. No harm, no foul. I may not like people swinging dong around children, but that isn’t their fault. That is just horrendous parenting.
These protests had me thinking about whether or not the program of Alcoholics Anonymous was anti-alcohol. The answer is that it isn’t, and it better not be. Any A.A. meeting that has a hint of being anti-alcohol needs to severely change its approach. Anyone who reads my shit (all 12 of you) knows by now that I regularly attend A.A. meetings. If Alcoholics Anonymous had been anti-alcohol when I first stepped through those doors, I wouldn’t be in the program today. Imagine if A.A. was anti-alcohol, and alcoholics stood outside of bars and liquor stores with signs saying, “ABOLISH ALCOHOL,” “NO BEER, NO LIQUOR, NO ALCOHOL AT ALL,” “PROHIBITION IS THE MISSION,” and screaming at people walking into the store. All that would do would make me want to drink even more than I was already drinking, and I would have become anti-A.A. “Fuck those people. I don’t want to be associated with them.” Thank God it isn’t like that. Anti-alcohol A.A. meetings would consist of a bunch of sober assholes sitting around, hating that they cannot drink, and complaining about how miserable their lives are. They might be better off at a fucking bar if that were the case! Besides, how could alcoholics be anti-alcohol anyway? It’s not like it’s alcohol’s fault that we over-indulged ourselves beyond the point of no return. Hell, if I’m alcohol and an alcoholic was anti-me (alcohol), I would be offended! “What the hell do you mean you are anti-me!? I answered whenever you called. I helped you out with your social awkwardness. I gave you a confidence that you never had without me. But then it came time for us to part ways, and I understood that. I told you I would be here for you if you ever needed me again, and I was! Now, you want to drag me to whoever will listen? Fuck you!” Offended is what I would be. Alcoholics Anonymous is not anti-alcohol. It is pro-abstinence. There’s a difference.
Why should that premise be any different when it comes to these other things? If we home in on the “anti-fascist” people, why do you think these “protests” deteriorate into anarchy? Well, probably because that is exactly what they want, but it is also because they aren’t “pro” anything. They aren’t even pro-socialism. At least pro-socialism demonstrations would have a goal. Pro-socialism gatherings would probably look like an attempt to show us why socialism is better than what we have now. But anti-fascist events don’t look like that, do they? That’s because they don’t stand for any-fucking-thing. They’re just against stuff. It applies across the board. Anti-bullying doesn’t stop bullies; it makes kids softer than baby shit. Honestly, I’m pro-bullying. Bullies created Steve Jobs. Without bullies, we don’t have iPhones. Do I really have to illustrate the problem with anti-police people? We can even move it to the other side of the spectrum, and it’s still applicable. What exactly does being anti-lockdown do? Anti-lockdown people aren’t proving to be examples for people who live in fear of COVID. In the end, they look like assholes, just like the anti-fascist people. Obviously, they aren’t nearly on the same level of asshole, but an asshole is an asshole is an asshole.
When people talk about education in America, they can give you a laundry list of problems with it. They typically never offer any solutions to the problems other than “money,” which isn’t a solution. You can find problems with anything if you look hard enough, all the way up to the tippy top with God. That appears to be the problem with the American populous. There are only problems. No solutions. No gratitude. My solution to all my problems was alcohol, which doesn’t appear to be any different than when people say “money” is the solution to an education problem. “Just drown it down with more brown, Josh. That should help.” Nope. Identify a problem and come up with something better. Simple. If we don’t have something better in mind, then we shouldn’t be bitching about the problem. Identification is one thing. Bitching is another. Recovery is better than addiction. Pro-abstinence is better than anti-alcohol. Pro-capitalism, or even pro-socialism, is better than anti-fascism. Pro-gay is better than anti-straight. Pro-Biden is better than anti-Trump, not that anyone is really pro-Biden, but it would still be better anyhow.
This, of course, brings us to the main event: RRRRAAACCCCIIISSSMMMMMMMM! I’m not fucking racist; how could any sane person really be? But, I’m not anti-racism because look at how these anti-racism people conduct themselves. They implore people to “punch Nazis,” which really just means “assault people in the street.” Even if they were punching literal Nazis, does that make any actual Nazi any less Nazi? It is the exact same idea behind A.A. being anti-alcohol. All that does is make people more steadfast (which is a word that nobody says in real life) in their beliefs, however warped they may be. But, you do not un-warp a mind that is so warped that it believes that people are lesser than themselves because of the color of their skin by punching them in the fucking face. After all, isn’t it, or shouldn’t it be, the goal of anti-racist demonstrations to try and get people who are racist to see a better way of thinking and living? They don’t accomplish this goal because, again, they’re just against shit. Either that, or there is not a goal to begin with. Racists look at anti-racists and don’t see better behavior than their own. Since that’s the case, they don’t see any reason to change, and that’s a shame. “Stand for something, or fall for anything.” As far as I can tell, that is a pressing issue in not only the U.S. but the World, Craig! Not just the U.S., the World! Everyone is anti-everything and pro-nothing. What do we stand for anymore? Cue up “Some Nights” by Fun.
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