Reply to Tom the Intolerant Hateful Bully
"How ironic" that an intolerant, name calling bully named Tom would leave me a disparaging comment, without having the courage to provide a link back to him, for me to be able to reply directly to him.
Apparently I’m only allowed to have an opinion if it agrees with Tom’s opinion, otherwise his hateful side comes out, and he disparages and berates me with assumptions about me.
And he sought out my blog: I didn’t leave a comment for him first, nor do I know who he is, due to his cowardice.
Tom called me an "antivaxxer" so apparently he assumes I did not get the covid-19 vaccine, because "antivaxxer" is an acceptable slur for the "tolerant" to use.
And what did I do to offend Tom? I dared to express MY opinion on MY blog about the New York City Dec 31, 2022 New Year's Eve Celebration / Times Square Ball Drop happening once again, just like it did in 2020, when the "Never Forget 9/11/2001" memorial service (in September 2020) was canceled, despite covid-19 cases in New York City being significantly higher at the end of December 2020, compared to September 2020. And this time, in 2022, New York City has a "Tridemic" that is "overwhelming healthcare systems", but even that wouldn’t interfere with the money to be made at this annual event.
Entertainment is Non-Essential. When the covid-19 lock downs began in the United States in 2020, the list of Essential Businesses that must remain open was much longer than the list of those Businesses that were Non-Essential. Facts aren’t "resentment and cynicism", they are FACTS. The Times Square Ball Drop is Entertainment.
In the past, slurs were used about groups of people, to denigrate them. Present day people now declare that those slurs are offensive words to use, yet some of those same people think using slurs like "anti-vaxxer" and "anti-masker" is acceptable to do.
I can find common ground and admire people’s artwork, photographs, etc. even if I don’t agree with some of the opinions they express on their blogs, because I don’t expect everyone to agree with all of my opinions, nor do I require them to. But the same has not been shown to me, by some of the bloggers who claim to be the tolerant, good, "nice" people.
People like Tom are the reason why last year (2022) I made my blog private and disabled comments for awhile. Because some of the people who claim to be the tolerant, "hate has no home here" "diversity is our strength" "all are welcome" "words hurt" people, are actually intolerant, sanctimonious haters of anyone who doesn't agree with their opinion.
I don’t claim to be anything, nor do I preach about "strive to forgive and to love" the way Tom does. If people want to make assumptions about quotes that they see on my blog, they are the ones assuming what meaning, if any, those quotes have to me.
This is the comment that Tom left me, on my "New Year's Eve"
blog post:
Tom said...
How ironic the antivaxxer finds fault with NYC having a NYE celebration and posts negative Covid rant to start off the new year? Reject resentment and cynicism that bothersome fly that keeps coming back. If we do not strive to forgive and to love then we will not be forgiven and loved either.
Proverbs 18:21 KJV – Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
December 31, 2022 at 8:09 AM
