Re: I got picked on by blacks and Irish people for being Jewish but I must love these people
- From: "Granby" <spaz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 07:20:26 -0600
I think we all can look back on being picked on for one reason or another.In
my case it was the deaf kids from their school harassing the blind kids from
mine. No, it was really rough and those in power had to be diligent in the
times we were "socialized" together. Never did figure out whose bright idea
that was without some training in communication first. Also there was the
institutional "haves and have nots". Sixty years later, it is still a
bitter pill but, it is 60 years later.
"Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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bastXXXette@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Mason H Chelmsford <hottentot2008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I was a kid I was harrassed, and beaten up by both Irish and
black bullies who picked on me for being Jewish. I grew to hate the
irish and the blacks but what was funny about it was although I was
lonely and alienated because of the treatment I was getting every
day in school, it was always weird Irish outcasts who reached out to
me, and came to my emotional rescue. My best freinds were eccentric
Irishmen wit outstanding senses of humor which I believe exists in
the soul of the irish people. [snip]
It started to become obvious to me that black people in general were
not really a threat to me at all, and that we actually had a lot in
common because blacks are the ultimate outsiders...
There's at least one other person in RPCA I know who has a psychiatric
issue, but I personally find them pretty much the sanest person I know
because they are acutely aware of their disorder and its implications. I
believe that particular person finds cats a great solace too - because
they are not judgemental and give their love based on the goodness of
someone's soul, not the appearance to others.
Newsgroups trimmed to RPCA.
You sound a lot like the guy who posted the other day about teaching
his cat how to hug. Was that you?
Anyway, I relate a lot to your story. I was also the only Jew in my
school while growing up, and I was shunned, ostracized and ridiculed
by my charming schoolmates. So my heart goes out to you, because those
kinds of experiences have lifelong repercussions. I'm in my 50s and
I still occasionally find myself responding in groups as though I'm
back in that schoolyard.
I know what you mean about only the "weird" people being nice to
you. People who have lived their entire lives within the comfort of
normalcy and social acceptance usually don't understand just how
important that is. OK with me, though - I'd rather hang out with my
fellow eccentrics. :)
Animals are a wonderful comfort when you can't trust other humans,
that's for sure.
Add another person who grew up in social isolation who was teased and
harassed mercilessly at school Why? For three reasons:
1) I was - and still am - very very tall. I am female, and 6'1", and have
been since I was in highschool. I was taller than most of the 18 year old
boys when I was 11
2) I was advanced a year due the difference between the English school
system and the Australian school system and therefore was emotionally
immature compared to my classmates
3) I have always been a geek, but I didn't know other geeks actually
existed until much later on in life.[1]
Having found fellow geeks has helped me alot - they're my 'tribe' so to
speak and really the only bunch of people I feel comfortable around
without having to get to know them all very well over a long period of
time. I have no issues walking up to a fellow geek and just starting to
chat - I am virtually incapable of doing this in a 'regular' crowd.
As to cats, well, they are amazing creatures in their own right. I love my
doggy too, but she would adore me whether I was kind to her or beat her.
Cats on the other hand are not so easily swayed and htey make up their own
mind about people. Cats don't give a hoot about gender preference, or skin
colour or even what God (if any) you worship. The latter perhaps because
they know for certain tha t there is a God and what that God is like - its
them!!!
For example, Suki has decided that Joel is her twolegs. Joel isn't a
cat*slave* like folks her - he likes cats just fine, don't get me wrong,
but he's not a *sl ave*. This doesn't bother Suki one bit, however, and
Joel finds Suki demanding pettins and the right to his chest (she doesn't
do mere laps) rather bewildering in a nice sort of way. "What did I do to
deserve this?" he asks me, and I don't know whether he's implying its an
unfair punishment or unconditional love that he's referring to - maybe its
both. Suki pretty much ignores me, and I'm now OK with that. I've stopped
trying to bribe her with treats and long fingernail scritches (Joel
doesn't have fingernails of course) and accepted her decision. I couldn't
bribe her nor could I threaten her (not that I would) into bestowing her
affection onto me. And I like that about cats. They are their own person
with allthe weird kooks and eccentricities - and brute force honesty -
that I both love, appreciate and respect.
If all the world behaved like cats....
Yowie
[1] The more I read about Asperger's syndrome, the more I suspect I have
(I don't 'suffer from') a mild version of it - whilst I am no expert, I
also suspect that Asperger's in females manifests itself somewhat
differently than it does in men. But Geeks and Asperger's people are so
strongly correlated (and its genetic - my Dad is a classic Asperger's
guy), it would not surprise me at all.
--
"because its more fun to be evil" - Jarppi, _The Dudesons_
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