We live in a society where many people think they can say or do whatever they want even if it harms others. They actually do not care since they have an agenda where they and perhaps a friend or two who refuse to see them in anything but a favorable light are the only ones who matter.
While they might protest that they are doing things for the good of others, a close examination of their rhetoric and more importantly their actions leads only to the conclusion that whatever they are doing is designed to benefit or entertain themselves and everyone else can go to hell.
Almost all of us come in contact with these people who love to quote facts, rules, and precedents as long as they support their intended outcome.
Most of these folks tend to try to get their way by shouting louder than others, trying to control the opinions of others, and threatening or insulting those that do not agree with them. If they are in government of any form, the last thing they want to do is to face the people whom they represent in a meeting.
Few of these folks are truly interested in a process that will actually solve a problem unless it resolves it in their favor. They attempt to bully anyone involved in issues and end up looking like a toddler having a temper tantrum.
They are the self-proclaimed experts on everything and of course their way of looking at things is the only way to look at anything. True facts are just confusing.
I have spent a life standing up for what I believe whether it was equal funding for the education of children in rural New Brunswick or running an HOA by following the rules.
Over the years I have seen people threaten to do this or that if I did not do something. Experience has taught me that you can only live your life to your own standards if you refuse to bend those core principles you have chosen for your life. The only response to a threat is to stiffen your resolve.
What surprises me most is that so many of these scorched earth people who will do or say anything to get their own way, think that the horrible things they say and do have no impact. They might attack your reputation one day and act like nothing has happened the next day. They are oblivious to the consequences of their actions and part of that is because people are afraid to stand up to them.
One of telling signs of these people who sow discord is accusing the very people trying to solve a problem of sowing discord. It is their fall back position of choice. While oblivious to the discord they have created, they are quick to point fingers at those hoping to resolve issues.
Their inexcusable behavior creates waves of consequences that wash over us all. Often we end up having to do things that we would never had done if we were dealing with normal people who care for people besides themselves.
It is long past time that we sentence people like this to life without real contact with the rest of us. If society is going to survive, why do we coddle those that seek to destroy it? Certainly we should stop electing them to any positions of authority.
If your agenda is to take advantage of the rest of us while you get your way, why should you expect me to be so stupid as to help you do it? It has never worked on me in the past and is unlikely to do so in the future so just save your threats for someone who has not seen it all before.
Remember if your role has responsibilities that effect me, count on me to hold you accountable if you do not fulfill those duties.
Comments