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Unfair assumption #31: Book banners are stupid people

It’s true. If you’re a person who argues in favor of the banning of any book, I have unfairly assumed that you are a stupid person.  You’re a loathsome, contemptible, ignorant person doing a very stupid thing, but you’re not necessarily stupid.  I apologize for my unfair assumption. 

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Unfair assumption #29: Football fans are more effective in emergencies

As we left the house last night, our 19 year-old babysitter was settling in to watch the end of the Atlanta Falcons – Seattle Seahawks playoff game. She’d been watching the first half of the game at home before coming over.    When I arrived home from the show five hours later, she was sitting…

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Unfair assumption #28: Parents who threaten to disown their children based upon their marital choices are the lowest form of human life.

You know these people. These are the parents who will refuse to attend their child’s wedding and sometimes disown a son or daughter for failing to marry someone who shares their religious belief, racial composition, socioeconomic standing, national or cultural origin, or does not conform to their heteronormative expectations of marriage. They are the despicable…

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Unfair assumption #27: People who object to mothers breast-feeding in public are freakish, worthless prudes and more

It’s crazy that some people – mostly men – object to women breastfeeding in public. Some of these people are downright despicable about it, making passive-aggressive comments to these mothers or aggressively chastising them for exposing some or all of their breast. Their objections are inappropriate. Disgusting. Sexist. Stupid. Narrow minded. Ignorant. Inane, Cruel. None of those…

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Unfair assumption: The more you have on your business card, the less I think about your professional ability

When you hand me your business card, I expect to see your name and your contact information. That’s it. That is the purpose of a business card. It serves as a reminder of your name and a means by which to contact you.   If your business card is glossy and contains an image of you…

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Unfair assumption: Leaders who park in their privileged parking spots don’t get it

You become manager, CEO, Superintendent, team leader, department head, or the like. As one of the perks to your new position, you are assigned a preferred parking spot, presumably closer to the building than the rest of the spots in the parking lot and perhaps even labeled.  And then, rather than offering the parking spot…

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Unfair assumption #24: Your knowledge of the Supreme Court says a lot about you.

If you can name all nine Supreme Court justices, I consider you well informed and worthy of attention. I will listen and consider all that you say.  For every justice you cannot name, I will think slightly less of your knowledge base, and therefore your opinions carry proportionally less weight with me. If you forget…

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Unfair assumption #23: People who water their lawns themselves are aggressively anti-efficient and supremely uninteresting

I see it all the time. Some doofus standing on his lawn, hose in hand, watering his grass.  Just standing there, waving his arm back and forth, spraying water on his lawn.  Home Depot currently sells a sprinkler for $4.98. More sophisticated sprinklers can be purchased for more. I can only assume (perhaps unfairly) that…

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