I am CuTRis

My wife and I have seen recently, how tragic events bring out the best, and the worst in people--who are supposed to be close. It's revealing to see who is trustworthy and who is looking for personal gain. There are a lot of unscrupulous people in the world. Some are pretending to be friends. Others attack when you are vulnerable. In the end, they have to live with their choices.

It seems that so many of our daily interactions have become negative. Negativity becomes a disease that can unfortunately be passed on to successive generations. I recently thwarted an attack from a pair of individuals who were angered because I suggested that some people need to become more responsible. This went against their beliefs. So I refused to engage them even though they came after me on my own turf. But it seems that some people live for those confrontations because they assume many things--including that they are always right. While I'm in favor of constructive confrontation, there are times when no good will come of the debate. Typically, I am fine with whatever you want to post as long as you do it on your own venue and not mine. I don't tend to go tell you when I think you're wrong; even if I don't believe anything that you said. In fact, sometimes it's interesting to see or hear other people's differing viewpoints. So as I'm trying to find mo...

In my opinion, the problem with most voters in the USA is that they cast their votes based on one single issue that they hold to be the highest in importance. If that is to protect gun ownership at any cost, then so be it. A kindly, elderly, neighbor from a blue-collar background who always voted Republican once told me it was because of the abortion issue. That was the single reason she voted Republican. Since I think both the liberals and the conservatives are full of crap, I tend to vote for candidates based on numerous issues. I can't follow party lines, because neither the Democrats or Republicans represent my own personal views. I might agree with one side on one issue and disagree on another. I think for most people, it's easier. They only need to consider a single issue and not look at the bigger picture. But that, I think, is why politics is such a polarized shit-show in the USA.

I'm always a bit stunned by the overzealous liberals I see in the world--who are "in it" to prove to the world that they are more liberal than all "those other (white) people;" you know the ones... the others who think for themselves instead of lining up behind the latest racial inequality group or immigration protestors. Not that the conservatives who want to shoot anyone who "crosses the border illegally," are any better. Except that they might be more truthful in their motives. I recently watched as an ethnic minority alerted neighbors to the fact that they would be observing a cultural funeral tradition and to please excuse the extra cars parked on the street. Not being a far-left liberal, I thanked them for the information and expressed my condolences for the loss. The liberal neighbors said nothing. However, I'm pretty sure that if someone had said that Black Lives Matter would be marching through the neighborhood, the same neighbors would...

Of course! Why didn't I think of it? Err... wait a minute... I did think of it! I'll finish my latest (mini) novel by creating two alternate endings! That way the reader can decide which version of the future he/she would rather live in!

If something is "unnerving" can something else be "nerving?"