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I am not pro-Israel where it comes to unlimited American Aid, money, blood, and political capital.
Do I respect their achievements? Sure. Do I respect those whose lineage is traced there? Absolutely: Family values. Work. Sacrifice. Thrift. Nuclear families, Prosperity. It works. It works for ALL groups -=- and for theirs, it has worked brilliantly. (Funny, who promotes counter-culture via pop culture? industry? Think about tHAT......) They have a prosperity and way of life that is grand - -and they don't even have the oil money that some of their neighbors have.
BUT.......and I've been called everything on TMF - I could care less. I will just report - my experiences. And, well, I'm not sure I'm the only one. Ask around a bit.
My middle-school and high school years were in Metro Detroit. Affluent suburb. TONS of "Magenta" people there. The Magenta's were Principal, School Board Director, admins, teachers, you name it and some of that was great - excellent schools (lol though it didn't rub off on me). But those of us who were NON MAGENTA....many of us felt excluded. Not all. but MANY Magenta kids were bloody mean and snobby. Magenta kids consorted MOSTLY with other Magenta kids. The Yearbook club, Drama Club, so many others were of, by, and for the Magenta students. Not all- but SOME Magenta Teachers, were so overly kind with Magenta kids, and barely looked up if talented Non-Magenta kids said or did something.
The parents? Same thing. Magenta Parents, MOST of them while successful--man so snobbish. So into just their own Magenta circles. You kind of felt you know why the Magenta kids were so mean and exclusionary.
As one grows in age, one might observe that Magenta people seem to keep MOST commerce within their own Magenta community. Many workplaces, and whole industries are so disproportionately Magenta - kinda like the high school clubs. But hey, Magentas were treated harshly all their existence so I can understand, even salute this trait.
But many I have bad memories of the Magenta School Districts.
Last winter I was in Miami area for vacation. Rather lovely resort and I was in line to get assistance. Upon my turn a Magenta Man openly cut right in front of me and started walking to the front desk and I walked right with him. I asked Magenta Man and the front desk clerk if in fact it wasn't my turn and Magenta man gave a mean look, stormed off.
This week I'm in Miami Beach not vacationing but for a few conferences I want to attend (excuse for a mid 40's retiree to get out of the house and pretend he's a businessman again lol) and, well, I'm in the elevator this morning and a Magenta Family comes in. The Magenta Lady knows I'm there, sees me, and physically leans into me to push me into the corner and the Magenta family loudly carries on.
Ugh. I"m fortune te to live in a wonderful upscale school district but I'm so happy my Wife and Kids are not surrounded by Magenta parents and Magenta Kids, and that my Wife and kids won't go thru the same shit the I and many went thru in those years in school, Boy Scout troops, whatever.
In my mid-20s in Metro Chicago I was headed into a restaurant THat I used to eat dinner at perhaps 3 times a week after late nights t work. Now, are people allowed to rent out a cinema, or restaurant, or skating rink for private party? HELL YES. But ........ that night, within 2 minutes of my walking from my car to the restaurant ...."3".....repeat "3" people stopped me. A woman politely told me in the parking lot that the restaurant is reserved, and I won't like it in there. A guy then tells me "you probably can't go in there tonight" and then finally a mid-aged man(NOT restaurant employee) literally stood in front of the door and said to me that it's reserved for a Magenta group. Like shit - 3 people were that concerned with a non-magenta person walking in. heck the restaurant would've told me it's not seating tonight - and that would've been cool. (Andrews Open Pit - Niles, Il)
Then in my late 20s, DW and I are on a cruise - called Radisson Seven Seas back in the day (Called Regent now, yes, I lived well back then lol) and I used to go do blackjack at night. One night I got there and 3-4 Magenta Passengers must've gotten acquainted and were playing cards. Cool whatever. I sit down at the blackjack tables and each magenta person gives me a mean look. EVERY TIME IT WAS MY TURN a Magenta player made it a point to tell me "you wanna hit now". "you gotta stay now". It worked. I got annoyed, went to the next table but for every night on the cruise----that table.....was off, by, and for the Magenta players.
As I Ubered thru town in Miami yesterday I saw cop-cars parked outside Magenta-centric buildings and I was glad for that.
I BELIEVE.......stereotypes, many times exist for a reason.
Us humans, are assholes. We have been mean to each other and even now, with all our expertise and advances - we can't even feed our people a warm meal a day and give them a place to sleep. There's great ones amongst us but let's face it, our human race is a collective asshole. BUT...................
If, since the beginning of human history, and ALL thru human history....... everybody has had a beef with Magenta .....and some have even launched well organized, and heinous attacks on Magenta......I dunno.
*Maybe* just for an hour .....Magenta needs to look in the mirror and wonder if it's time to change aftershave scent and ask why do people just sit around, and say "Hmmmmm instead of going out for burgers today, I'm gonna loathe Magentas and I might even give my life over my disdain for Magentas. "
Do I in any way support the systematic killing of babies? NO WAY. It's got me shaken, especially as a parent - something I was not in much of my TMF tenure. But I'll be honest: If the targets had been military AND political - I'd have not been irked at all, and at best shrugged and engaged in what-about-ism. At worst, I'd have said it was justified, understandable and deserved.
Like it or not.
I remember being in 9th grade. Sometimes 11th-12th grade Non-Magenta students, who achieved well and lived fine lives used to quietly say about our history lessons the certain dictators in history were right on. I disagree----- but as I get older I understand what caused otherwise loving and happy young people to maybe feel that way.
Stereo types- many times exist for a reason.
And sometimes, we have to look in the mirror and ask.....hmmmmm, maybe, is it me to some extent?
Anyhow, human history will be shaped by others. Not me. Time to go to the class, and then fly home late tonight. Been missing Wife and Kids this week. I LOVED the freedom and the quiet of being away, but I guess being home 24/7 for the past 3 years has domesticated me more than I knew.
As they say in America, Hasta Luego.
