I am fat. 

I am not chubby or round or plump or big boned.  I am fat. 

When people kiddingly refer to my weight, we all have a good chuckle about it and the clock keeps ticking...

At what point, however, would a comment like "hey big guy" magically turn into a hate phrase.  More to the point, what would someone need to say for me to suddenly view them as "Weightphobic?"  Or is it simply enough that someone says "hey big guy" for them to be LABELED a "weightphobe"?? 

We have arrived at a place in this country where ALL things MUST be accepted - as opposed to ALL things CAN be accepted.   There are no limits, in other words.  This is dangerous.  if ALL things MUST be accepted, then that means there are NO restrains - of any kind - ever.  There are those that agree with this idea in principle because it sounds "kind and loving."  But it's not.  Not if the logical person takes this ideal to it's limitless extreme. 

At what point is a person, for example, a racist?  There are a few - a very small number, mind you - who have hinted to me that I am a racist because I did not vote for Obama.  Pardon my French, but this is totall bullshit.  My decision to not vote for the man had NOTHING TO DO with him being black.  Sadly, however, this is where we have arrived.  

Just like everyone reading this blog right now, I have values and morals and opinions that I will not back down from even if it means I get labeled.  For example, I am a Christian.  I believe Jesus Christ is who He said He is and I accept no other option than that.  If someone wants to, therefore, cast me into a cauldron and label me, that's their right.  But if they do so without spending time getting to know me then that is wrong and it only leads to confusion and division.  It is NOT HEALTHY to do that. 

I try to go thru life NOT labeling people.  And I do a pretty damn good job of that, too.  I think people who know me would be hard pressed to offer any example of any time I have slandered or harmed or in any other way made someone feel like less of a person for their beliefs.  (For their comedy, yes - but that is a totally different story! LOL)  Seriously, though, this labeling madness has to end.

And if it doesn't, then so be it.  My world will keep spinning...

How 'bout yours?