Things in the news that bug me

First of all, I just want to throw this out there - in regard to all those rioters and protesters in Baltimore, the most interesting (to me) point made was this; none of those people give a shit about Freddie Gray or his family. Think about that. Sad but true. you can't move forward if you're stuck in the past people!

Next up, I saw a story on the local news this morning about a LGBT wedding expo being held at the convention center, downtown. You know what I thought when the story was over? The same thing I always think. This doesn't have anything to do with you being gay or not. It's all about another minority wanting YOU to accept them based on them being a minority. This kind of thinking really pisses me off. You know, I used to work for a gay optometrist. So naturally, A LOT of his patient base was gay. Big deal. You know what I learned? That some gay people want you to like them because they are gay. And if you don't like them, it must be because they are gay. People don't like Rosie O'Donnell because she's an ugly person not because she's gay. People still love Ellen DeGeneres because she's the same person she always was. I used to like Rosie. I don't now because she's a mean spirited, angry, negative, person. She's made her whole identity about being gay and discriminated against. Blah, blah, blah. The other thing I learned is that most gay people don't even care if you know that they are gay. Most of them don't go around introducing themselves as gay because it's really not any of your business. Think about that too.
(by the way, equal rights are supposed to give you equal rights not special rights)

And the last, geez you're so dumb, thing is; I read an article a couple weeks ago that was titled something like, why women have affairs with married men. It was probably dumber than that, but that kind of thing is interesting sometimes. I thought is was going to be about what the lure is, etc. It wasn't. It was a story about this dimwit who had an affair with a married man for 25 years and then was devastated to learn that he didn't plan on taking care of her in some financial manner when he kicked the bucket. It wasn't until then that she realized she threw away 25 years of her life on a man who didn't really love her. Umm, yeah. What I was left with was, what was the point of this article? And, why on earth did you devote space to this article?

I guess I'm just missing the "good old days" when the news really was just news. You know, facts about what was happening. Not 'here's what we want you to think about that.'

sigh