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Certain people need a reason to ruin your sex life and they will latch onto anything to do it. These people generally do not have very much sex for one or a combination of various reasons: genetic predisposition, general distaste for humanity, a horrible accident, some sort of trauma, etc. Now that these people cannot enjoy sex, they feel a need to make it so that others cannot enjoy sex either. It is a mean, vindictive person that seeks to destroy a bond between two people, whatever the reason for it may be. To ruin another person's love because you have not known it is nothing short of jealousy, and this is a jealous world. What harm can come from the mixture of races? What evil is it that people expect to occur? Do they suppose that the mixing of races is synonymous with the end of days? Perhaps. However, I see the entire end times forecast as a kind of excuse for what one actually wishes to accomplish. After all, if the world is ending there is no real need to save anyone, especially not your enemies. I believe that what is really at the heart of the hatred for interracial relationships is nothing more than a disdain for freedom. Choosing who to love or at least to have an intimate relationship with is a form of power. If you choose your lover, you are in control of your sex life; the same can be said about another choosing your relationships for you. Sure, you can call it "relationship counseling" or "therapy" if you like, but if you are restricting normal sexual urges that harm no one to fit some image created for you by society you are simply living a double life, and that can only end in heartbreak. It is so important to overcome the desire to fit in, to reject the mob and its desires, standing up for your right to love who you wish is perhaps the best way to accomplish this goal. You can only find the one that you love when you are willing to stand up for who you love. Are you willing to be unhappy your entire life because of some self-righteous prick and their hang ups on appearances? Is that what you get up and go to work every morning for? So you can satisfy some bully? That is certainly no the life for me. I do not care much for critiques in general, but a dishonest critique is downright irritating. There is no evidence to suggest that the children of interracial parents are any less intelligent, physically fit or emotionally stable than the children of parents who have the same color skin. Even if such evidence did exist, it would still not definitively prove that interracial relationships are inherently evil. There is nothing you can point to based in fact that would suggest such a thing. The human is programmed to seek out wrong-doing; this can lead to great things, crimes being solved, lost children being found... However, it is extremely important to note that when the human does not find the wrong-doing they are searching for, they tend to create it out of thin air. The notion that the black or white races represent some sort of collective group identity is downright laughable. There are black segregationists just as there are white segregationists. There are black people who seek peace and white people who seek peace. There are black people who are religious and there are white people who are religious. The two races are in no way different from one another in terms of capability or comprehension. Any person can excel at anything or understand anything they choose to. Some people choose to excel and others do not. So where is all of this race nonsense coming from? Race is very important to gangs. It acts as a form of identity; it unifies the group around illegal causes, organizing them into crime syndicates, which also results in political gain. I really hope you do not think that is just a coincidence. I hope you can see through the smoke screen of racial purity. Once you do, you will know that purity is a human invention, one that we created when we lacked knowledge of the world and its mysteries.

Do you know the history of your political party? Do you realize what is at the root of its various causes? Do you ever wonder how your party has changed over the years? I hate to break it to you, but all roads lead to gangs. Gangsta politics is will most likely be hard pill for most to swallow, not because it isn't true, but because it isn't very appealing. All those suits and ties every politician wears presents the semblance of morality. One would at least hope that a person with such fashion sense at least has a bit of human decency. Why a person would think this, I don't really know. Gangs are at the heart of every political decision made around the world. Granted, the gangs in question must be powerful, but there are powerful gangs in every nation and, through intimidation, it becomes quite easy to influence voting, as we are currently seeing with attempts at "recounts" and "redistricting" (nothing more than voter tampering, which gangs are often linked to). We all know the awful truth. We know that police stations are often comprised with deep ties to various gangs, most recently we have seen the deep connections the police department has to white nationalists gangs, but that is by no means the only one that has infected the police system. We know also that politicians are notorious for pandering to the police unions. This makes for an unholy alliance. Sure, not every politician is a gangster, but every politician is in business with them. You have to be to do business in this nation. We know the illegal dealings of corporations. We know that they have links to organized crime. Yet we pretend that we have no knowledge of these dealings. I provide for you in this episode a brief history of just some of the obvious connections between politics and mafia style tactics. I detail the rich history of the high jacking of resources by violent criminals and this includes humans since everyone who becomes a criminal is another job lost within the system. Once you control resources you essentially control the ballot box; you can make it really difficult for people to succeed in such a volatile market when you pull the strings of the body politic. Illegal substances create a black market; the black market is often vastly more profitable than the legal market. People notice that they benefit more from illegal behavior; you cannot tame this urge with appeals to morality. Morality can simply be bought and paid for. No one is actually willing to sacrifice house and home to be the better person. There are no better people. There are living people and there are dead people. Most people choose life, but not the kind that the holy books preach. We are not heroes, nor do we control our own fates. We are victims of circumstances that we did not orchestrates. When hurled into such chaos, crime is bound to occur. How the hell could it not? Some of the laws currently on the books were enforced in an age where people thought they got sick because they did not pray enough. There are some who still believe such things, and so still believe in such laws. But the law is based in belief, a kind of ethnic religiosity that can also be found in the thug lifestyle. So what came first? The gangster or the politician? Well, actually, it was the politician who reigned supreme for hundreds of years, but the politicians grew greedy. They began to conquer unabashedly, denying their own people basic sustenance. And so the people revolted, taking what the pleased. Under this system of chaotic "order", criminals flourished and empires fell, calling into question the need for anything other than these kind of warrior tribes which would later go on to be known as gang. Everywhere from China to Italy to the U.S.A. has a history of gang violence. This is no coincidence. It is the nature of the human to fight for their identity. Identity becomes politicized and gangs capitalize, motivating ethnic and religious organization, leading to tyranny. Divide and Conquer

During the incomparable shows at the Apollo Theater, if the audience was not satisfied with a particular stand up comedy act, the audience would mercilessly boo and jeer the self-proclaimed entertainer until they either voluntarily exited stage left or were shepherded off by a person with a big hook. At first glance this may seem cruel or even abusive, but a lot of stand up comedians just do not seem to take criticism well, and it makes sense, considering that their only director is, well, themselves. When you criticize an actor, dancer or even a singer, you are not just criticizing them; you are also making fun of a whole team of directors, casting agents, choreographers, assistants, set designers, lighting designers, writers, etc. You are saying that the movie was bad much more than you are saying that the actor was bad. You like the singer's album, even though you hate their dancing at the concert; sure it's godawful watching bad dancing, but they can still sing, so you let it pass. There is even a process for deconstructing adequate and inadequate portions of paintings for crying out loud. But who are you going to blame a bad standup act on, the bouncer at the front door? The bartender? The act before you? Sure, you could try that if you're desperate, but, at the end of the day, most people are blaming it on the comedian. You know, the person who wrote, directed, starred in, and most likely produced it. The whole thing is on them. There is nowhere else to place the blame. So, naturally the comedian projects their failures on the audience. "It was a bad crowd," is a term you hear all over the live entertainment industry, but you will not hear it anywhere near as much as you will hear it in the standup profession. The term heckler is used rather lightly by standup comedians. I'm sorry to say it, but it's true. I still remember Michael Richards, the actor who plays Kramer on Seinfeld, which I still watch by the way because the fact that Michael Richards is a dick does not make it any less funny, calling a heckler a "nigger" about five or six times at the top of his lungs all because this man interrupted his act. Unless you are a white nationalist, that just does not make any damn sense. Yes, I know, the guy interrupted; he was rude. Okay, so what? Should anyone really have that hateful of a reaction to bad manners? I thought this was America. Our nation has a long history of loud and rowdy crowds. Even the British do. Granted, we do not engage at such behavior at prestigious suit and tie events, though even that is a bit pompous to me. But we certainly are quite polite when the occasion calls for it. However, a dank night club at two o'clock in the morning with the stench of piss and alcohol wafting through the area isn't really an occasion for anything other than drunken rants. You are aware that these comedians know exactly what they are getting into, right? They know the crowds are drunk; they also know that audiences in general are difficult to mange. They know this, yet the anger that comes out of these people when their jokes don't land is just sad. You are supposed to have a thick skin after all. Now, I'm not saying all hecklers are like that. Sometimes the audience just gets out of hand and it's beyond your control, but own up to it! You had a bad night. Take the hit, and move on to the next play. What is this crap nowadays where these comedians are talking about they were stressed out? Or that there were plants hidden in the audience? Or that people are just too stupid to understand them? Or that they killed in such and such town. Whatever jokers! A loss is a loss. Even the best of warriors experience them. Why on earth are the supposedly best comedians to ever grace the stage wasting time on such a petty subject? Why should it even bother them and why do they get so offended all the time? That used to be taboo in the entertainment business. It is not a common practice to demean those who pay your salary.

I recently came across an article online that instructed me to apologize for being sick...again. It is a common occurrence for people with epilepsy to be asked to apologize. Then there are the apologies that everyone is simply expected to give on a daily basis, no matter what affliction they may or may not have. They are sorry for being sick, sorry for being sad, sorry for being lazy, sorry for being loud, sorry for being offensive, sorry for being too quiet, sorry for not being loud enough...There are far too many apologies to count. It is an endless sea of apologies; it never stops. It will never end. You spend so much time making up for the past that the present begins to pass you by; you slip into the void. You gasp for air, but, maybe this time, it's finally too late. You have fallen into the pit of apology. Let me ask you something. If you spend your entire life forgiving all the mistakes that everyone makes, do you ever get an apology? Do you ever get any respite? Do you ever get a chance to breathe? Are friends and family really so important that they need a get out of jail free card surgically attached to their asses? Is your relationship with, whoever, so important to you that you must suffer and sacrifice to enure it? Should you even have to endure a relationship? Shouldn't it be easier than that? I think so; I think that real love makes things simpler, not more difficult. All of this nonsense about hardship when it comes to the people we love seems a bit much for me. Sure, I am more than willing to stick it out with a friend when things get tough; I am willing to understand that everyone goes through a tough time. However, the key to that very overused phrase is "a time", singular, meaning that is should not last for a very long period of time. Yet, unfortunately, we know that the "time" never seems to come to an end. And it still hasn't. I know because today the article I came across was not demanding anything from me other than acceptance. A person with epilepsy stated that it is up to epileptics to "understand" when our relatives or friends are uncomfortable or uninformed around us. It was, of course, wrapped in all kinds of pretty language, but it was essentially a message to people with epilepsy everywhere to pretend that those who do them wrong have no debt to pay to us. I hate to spoil the party folks, but they most certainly do owe us; they owe us quite a bit. They forgot us, you know. Their reforms, their civility, their spirituality, their morality, their rationality...They all left us far, far behind. We did not make it into their daily to do list. We did not find our way into their daily prayers. The holy order did not deem us worthy. We are demons. Every religion you will find describes us in this way: a demon, a wicked, evil spirit; that is all we are to the believers, the humanists...We are nothing to them...nothing. But still they need our apologies. Isn't that something? They, those who never stop and think about us, those who do not care about us, they need, no...They demand our apologies, our appreciation, our forgiveness...We give so much to them. We give them hope. We give them some sob story, some statistic, some headline, something they can latch onto to point out and say, "see,  Haven't we given enough? Aren't the seizures that they make fun of in their comedies enough? Weren't the jokes about Pokemon enough? Aren't the stupid, stupid, moronic epilepsy jokes posted all over the internet in every two bit stand up comedian's act enough? No, they want more; they want it all. It's never enough, not for them, not for bullies. The thing about bullies is that they can grow on you. You can become used to their antics, the pain that they cause you. It becomes such a part of your life that, before you know it, that's all there is, stupid fucking jokes. Well, I'm not laughing anymore. It stopped being funny in 2007. Get some new material. Don't expect anymore apologies from me. 

Potential is something everyone has, but genius is a rarity... or at least it used to be. Now that communications have advanced this far, an endless stream of genius is splattered about the universe, and at long last we have genius on demand. What a wonderful world it is! An endless live stream of windbags preaching the gospel of according to some book they read. I personally do not care for such geniuses. It would seem that a genius would have more to do with creating than mimicking. But then again, what do I know? I am no genius. I do not even aspire to be a genius. These days, you can even be criticized for calling yourself an expert, and unless you an angry white person, the term intellectual is just not for you. I do not fit the mold of genius; I never have. I do not have a cardigan and a vaporizer that looks like a tobacco pipe. I'm just not that hip. I am not with the in crowd when it comes to genius. Have you noticed yet that every celebrity is now a genius? They are on all kinds of news shows discussing important details. They have no experience, but experience is for experts, and experts are no geniuses. Experts have skills that they know how to use. Geniuses have ideas that a bunch of underpaid people take care of. Perhaps expertise isn't even my thing; perhaps I am not qualified to make such a claim. It is difficult to know. College is not enough for people. The skill level is always too low. The demand is never there, and the pay is on its way down...again. Genius. These are the geniuses you refer to, the people without real skills, the people who are just smart enough to stay ahead of the game, to know when to pull their money out of the pit. Genius. You've heard of it. You know it well. There they are on the TV. They smile, you smile. They laugh, you laugh. They cry, you cry. Genius. Of course they have superiority complexes. Why shouldn't they? Genius is superior. The superior always look for more because they believe they deserve it. If you deserve something, in a sense, it is already yours. So what is preventing you from taking it? You could take it. You are smarter than they are, braver than the rest, a hero really. A genius. I am talking to you, but not just you. I mean the collective "you". The eternal us, the ultimate we... You guessed it, genius. I cannot emphasize it enough. Genius is what you want. It is what you need, crave and desire. Didn't you know? Genius is the answer. Kayne West is a genius. Joe Rogan is a genius. Tucker Carlson is a genius. Jenny McCarthy, genius. Jim Carey, genius. And the long, long, long, long, boring list goes on. Genius after genius, all in a line, wrapped up in egos, that transcend space in time. They'll ruin your children; they'll ruin your lives, and all the while you'll eat it all up french fried! It is strikingly easy to make a genius, all you need to do is understand how shallow and insecure people are. You create an image of a strong person; you pretty them up. You insert them into ridiculous fantasies. They are immortalized; they become heroes. Their influence is everywhere, in our politics, in our religion, in our subconscious mind. You cannot escape this kind of genius. It is all encompassing, and eternally depressing. Yet there lives a different kind of genius within you, a gentler, kinder genius that is considerate of others. This genius that lives inside you and you alone can flourish into the genius that we only dream of, the honest genius inside us all. It is difficult to be yourself, but that is where your genius hides. It takes a lot of bravery to tap into it; it doesn't happen over night either. It's a long, sometimes painful process. But if you persist, you will find it, that honest genius, and you will use it for kinder, gentler things. You will find, in your own way, a hero inside of you, and you will save yourself when no one can. Then, when they mock your genius, you will smile, and you will say to them, "I knew you once...I was you once..."

I covered Steve Harvey in a prior episode, but there was surprisingly too much information to fit into one! I honestly could have done a three part episode on all of Harvey's history of nonsensical remarks, but who has the time? Besides, if I did that, then his co-workers would have nothing to write about on their blogs. In entertainment, if you treat those beneath you poorly, people are bound to find out about it one way or another. Every entertainer knows this when they go into the business, so there is literally no reason for you to feel sorry for them when they get caught. I still remember my college professors telling me that, if you really want to make it in entertainment, you should be fun and respectful around your co-workers. Sure, being a hard worker is important too, but hard work is pretty much useless if you do not get along with your fellow artists. When you create art, it is not just about your vision, it is much more about the audience and what they will like. Most celebrities seem to forget this as they acquire more wealth. They seem to rationalize their diva moments by emphasizing how hard their jobs are, completely forgetting the thousands of unappreciated workers beneath them who keep the show running. This is why it is more vital than ever to be critical of celebrities. If you inflate a person's ego enough, they will become a danger to themselves and those around them, perhaps not in a way that physically harmful, but certainly in a way that negatively effects the society. This is why I was not surprised to learn that Steve Harvey had been summoned to the white house by former President Trump to help figure out a way to deal with all the black people who dislike racists. I wonder what they spoke about. It must have been an awkward conversation considering that Steve Harvey would later go on to voice his support for Black Lives Matter. You can make an argument that meeting with Trump is an innocent affair. You would be wrong, but at least most people would buy it, kind of like when TV doctors told people cigarettes are good for you. However, the terms Trump and Black Lives Matter just don't go to together. This really calls into question not only the integrity, but the sincerity of Steve Harvey and other black entertainers who seem to jump from political movement to political movement based on the weather or the number of followers who like their social media posts. Steve Harvey is also a prolific business man. He currently has a website devoted to giving struggling women dating advice. Yes, you heard that right, Steve Harvey, who has been divorced twice the last I checked (could be more now for all I know) is advising women on how to behave in order to get a man. Why sites like this even still exist is a mystery to me. I thought that the days of women asking for advice on how to get men had long since passed. If you're a woman and you want a man, going outside tends to work; it's probably one of the most simple things you'll ever do as a woman, nothing complex about it whatsoever. Yet Mr. Harvey has devoted books and a dating site to imparting women with his knowledge on how to obtain a man. According to Harvey, men crave sex, sports and old pimp suits. Often times when I hear men like this, the ones who are always going on about how the only things important to them are sex, food and sports, I am reminded of my brother, who has been with several women his whole life. My brother is not a bad person at all. In fact, I think he's a great example for black men. He has a full time job, house and he takes care of his kids. Like Steve Harvey, he too has been divorced twice. My brother may never find one person who makes him happy. There are men and women who are like that; they just are not happy staying with one person. So why should Harvey be allowed to go around acting like marriage is some kind of goal women should aspire to? Aren't  allowed to have multiple partners as well?    

We do not talk much about abuse in the workplace in America. We feel that we should keep our mouths shut and take it in stride. There are bills to pay and we need to make sure that our children eat. However, working under an abusive employer can end up costing you a lot more than the paycheck you receive. Severe trauma has been demonstrated to cause all kinds of health problems ranging from depression to suicidal behavior. Things that we consider harmless like skipping meals or sleep so we can show up at our jobs actually causes physical damage to the human body. Further, dealing with an abusive employer on a daily basis can cause us to think that we somehow deserve such treatment, that everyone starts at the bottom and that this how one works their way to the top. Nothing can be further from the truth. We should not be following our bosses around like some stupefied horse trying to get a carrot on a stick. Becoming one of your bosses underlings, always going along with everything they say, is harmful to you, your co-workers and even your boss. Recent studies have proven that the best kind of workers are critical of their employers. That is not to say that we should go full Samuel L. Jackson on our employers every time they make mistake, but that we have every right to question our bosses decisions. I set the standard of excellence at one of my old jobs by being vocal about possible abuses or mishaps. Because I was so vocal my company was able not only to improve production and make more money, but they also were able to root out some bad employees who had actually been stealing money from the company for years! So, it is a myth that a good boss wants you to simply be quiet and work. Part of your job is making sure that your company is doing all it can to be productive and abuse is proven to stall production, potentially losing your company money. We cannot be optimally productive unless we are content with our working environment. So, really we are not just helping the worker when we protect them from abuse; we are benefiting our companies and the customers who pay good money for their services, even if the corporations don't want to recognize it. Thus, we should actively pursue a better work experience from out places of employment. It is simple to raise a concern to your boss without causing an argument. Some places even have procedures for this already in place that employees may or may not be aware of. If you think that your boss may be abusing you, but you are not quite sure, a common problem when it comes to reporting abuse, I suggest listening to the stories I present in this episode. Abuse of all kinds tend to follow a specific patter. The abuser generally portrays themself as the end all be all when it comes to knowledge. They paint everyone else in the world, the people who do not hold this special knowledge, as a band of idiots. Abusers will also resort to using loaded language to insult their employees; they will often call their employees lazy or unproductive, even if they are working their fingers to the bone. Abuse often ends up being sexual. The reason for the is simple: controlling a person's sex drive is the ultimate form of control. If you have a person second guessing their sexuality or associating negativity with their sex life, you can manipulate them as you choose. Impulse control functions properly until presented with a traumatic experience, at which point people may develop anxiety, depression and even psychotic breaks. It is simply unacceptable to have people dealing with customers under such duress, and doing so is one of the main causes of altercations in the workplace. Just think of how many employees companies have lost, and how much that has damaged their reputation, simply because they put themselves before their employees. We have to stand up and speak out about workplace abuse. The current laws restricting workplace abuse are vague, which leads to people always believing the boss.

Say what you will about Tucker Carlson, but when push comes to shove, he is not going to lose any fans. Carlson's ratings are amongst the best in TV, and no I am not just talking about highest rated news shows. Tucker Carlson is one of the biggest celebrities in the alt right today; you may not think of celebrity when you see Tucker in his little bow ties shouting whatever ethnic trait is bothering him at a particular moment. If you happened across his show on the internet, and had never seen him before, you would probably think he was just some nut with a youtube channel. Believe it or not, the Tuck's verbal beat downs of everyone from celebrities to health care professionals are quite popular on social media. It may be tempting to say that everyone is watching this slop for the sake of entertainment. However, it is a kind of dismissive politics that excuses itself from all responsibility and leads to crises. In order to prevent such crises from occurring, it is the job of the observer to expose the machinations of such regressive political behavior; it ultimately leads to authoritarianism. It is important to understand the mindset of an authoritarian system, how it becomes interlinked with a kind of fatalism, perhaps for control, but always in the name of purity. The American obsession with spiritual cleanliness is already theocratic on a subconscious level. Obviously we cannot directly observe this unless we study America's history. If you want a deeper understanding of America's deep relationship with fatalism all you have to do is go online. There is almost no one left in the world who thinks the world will continue to prosper. The world is ending. It's been decided and there is no room for discussion. That is it. That has been it since America's founding. This has always been for a short time. Nothing ever lasts and we are all doomed. So, you know, buy a bunch of food and then throw it away and buy more. It's the only way you can save us from utter destruction. Oh, and hand sanitizer, and toilet paper and goofy looking face shields. We all need this things or we will die. And less and less people need medicine and more and more they need fake medicines they find online. And on and on it goes. Tucker Carlson is, of course, fatalism in the form of a news anchor, or comedian depending on what you consider news. Who knows? It is probably the same thing now. As I discussed before in a brief bit I did on image politics, it becomes more difficult to draw the line between show biz and politics when they are combined. Everything in show business needs a villain, and you never do know what the villain will do; their unpredictability is what makes them so alluring. You do not applaud the villain because he does evil deeds; you applaud the villain because he is so powerful with his trade, as you are slipping into the abyss the villain's buffoonery soothes your woes, making you think that maybe even you have a chance if you follow the villain's code. Tucker Carlson has a staggeringly large base of fans; he has propelled himself to a celebrity amongst people who despise celebrities. It is a difficult trade, but Tucker has mastered it. It will be interesting to see if anyone will eventually see the hypocrisy of "the Tuck's" silver spooned tongue, or if anyone will care. Now Tucker is challenging a major figure in the republican party over his dealings with "woke" big tech companies. His problem is not that these companies are monopolies; Tucker is quite the fan of monopolies after all, having defended endless amounts of them in the past. So what is Tucker's problem? Why, politics of course. And that's the endgame, to eliminate competition, to take over big tech and turn more conservative than it already is. Why? Because then you finally own the media and you can rule with an iron fist. They will not need to worry about shooting reporters with rubber bullets then. Once you own the media, you own the political dialogue. 

Is it really my fault that you looked at this description? I mean, sure I posted it and you never would have seen it if I didn't, but you were the one who looked at it after all. And yes, I am well aware that I slapped some fancy cover art on my page to catch your eyes, but if you really think about it, you probably would have looked anyway. I mean, you know how you are with those stray eyes of yours. You just can't keep them to yourself. Sure, you could say that all of my tags and keywords drew you in the first place; you could go that route...if you don't want to take responsibility for your own actions. I mean, you picked up the electronic device you're holding, not only that, you searched for a podcast didn't you? You're also keeping your eyes open, even though you could very well close them at any time. Well, this is an open and shut case. You clearly sought this podcast out, this particular episode, not any of the other episodes I published, found this specific topic, and listened to it. So, yeah it's your fault, not mine. The above example is a very crude form of victim blaming. You may have heard of this tactic before, most likely in regards to physically abusive relationships; in this form of victim blaming a person is beaten or tortured and then told that they, the abused, were the one who brought those violent actions on themselves. Physical abusers will often blame the victim for their violent attacks in order to keep their victim under control. Some abuse victims will actually start to develop empathy for their abusers, making it more difficult for them to leave, and often resulting in extreme harm or death of one or both parties involved. But victim blaming can be a solely mental tool as well, and it is often used in politics to squash popular movements that contend with party narratives. This victim blaming is often accomplished through entertainment, news or social media. The objective is simple: discredit your opponent and make them look foolish. This can be done in several ways, but it is often done with stand up comedy, online articles, youtube videos, political satire, and good old fashioned advertising. It is essentially propaganda, but a specific kind of propaganda that is meant to devalue the victim. This often starts by discrediting any valid argument the victim of abuse had to begin with, but not in any way that is intellectual or even informed; it is your basic, brute, all force and no remorse brand of politics that most people love. For the victim blamer, it is not that one particular feminist said something that you disagree with; it is that the very basis of feminism was based on falsities and needs to be abolished in its entirety. It is interesting to note that, as acidic as the victim blaming is when it comes to feminism, feminism has not really seen much of a rise in popularity since I was a child twenty years ago. Sure, more women are working, and we definitely have feminists to thank for that. But one need only look at the way women vote in this nation to realize that they are just as moderate as men for the most part. The idea of this part of our culture being some sort of inherent threat to men because it is pro women is an exercise in delusion that was carefully crafted for years by propagandists. Now, armed with this idea that the weak need to be reeducated (sound familiar?) millions of far right nuts troll the internet looking for someone's day to ruin, someone's problems to minimize or mock. We need to be told how to deal with our problems by people who did nothing but cause problems for the past four years, and way before that too? I don't think so. I think it is high time that we start blaming the victim blamer for making us feel so inadequate that we neglect ourselves. We have to make clear distinctions on who is at fault. We cannot just let bygones be bygones and move on. Do not let them blame or shame you when you are in agony. Speak your pain so that you can heal. 

Drama schools are promoted as being places of learning where you hone your skills as an actor before going out in "the real world" and are turned down by the exact people that run the drama centers. The artistic elite is very choosy when it comes to who they will ritualistically abuse. It is not good enough that you are simply willing to endure the constant criticism and micromanaging that comes along with a performance job. It is not even enough that, by some luck of the draw, you actually look the part. You must be a broken shell of your former self in order to impress the casting czars. That may seem far fetched. After all what would be the point in exercising emotions from actors, the people who should enjoy being emotional more than anyone else on the planet? Well, there is a point and it has nothing to do with extracting the best performance from the actor; it is about controlling the actor. The performance world is laced with stories of intrusive and aggressive "creative genius" as they, and every other idiot who loves abuse and abusers, like to call it. This "genius" is basically the same rude, dismissive and disinterested attitude that permeates through every profession in America; it is the notion that the work comes first, and the worker comes last. As an actor, you are to do your job and that is all, regardless of how capable you are at any current time of performing said job. This makes sense to many Americans. Working endlessly is a badge of honor, and, like all badges, a completely meaningless one at that. A person who is going through abuse will always search for ways to justify it; this is the reason most groups, schools or churches quickly deteriorate into cults. Casting agents, directors, producers and other abusers in entertainment dangle the carrot of fame and success over actors. They say, "well, just try a little harder; it's not that I cast the show wrong. That can't be it. I am a high paid artist and that means that I am always right. Everything I do is right and everything you do is wrong. If you were more like me than you would have gotten the role." Yes, it is quite easy to say such things while sitting in a million dollar house in the bay area or eating a steak dinner in a New York high rise. I mean, geniuses simply would not be paid if they did not deserve that money; they simply would not be where they are were not for all of the "sacrifices" they made. I often hear high paid artists refer to all of their "sacrifices"; they paint themselves as artistic martyrs, who suffered to forge a better world for artists everywhere. Reading their incredibly long bios, which take up more space on their home pages than any casting notice ever will and tends to list everything from school plays to times they bought out and subsequently ruined small theater groups (a common tactic used by big theaters to create monopolies so they do not have to pay actors), you would think that there were no problems at all for actors today. I mean, these rich artists have done a lot for us poor artists. They insults us for not looking the part, they turn their backs on us during pandemics, they forget our names as soon as we experience transportation issues, they laugh at us when we are sick and tell us to get over it. Thank god for these artsy fartsy types! How would I eat overpriced cheese and crackers without them? Of course behind their "giving" natures, the artistic elite have been caught time and again abusing their power and their entertainers. They have subjected normal, hard working artists to a kind of artistic monarchy where they and only they decide what is acceptable or unacceptable. Whenever you give that much power to a person, they are bound to abuse it, and they have abused their power. By making erroneous demands, injecting sexual situations where they do not belong, encouraging self harm, and creating unnecessary stress, these artistic captains of industry have ruined art for actors everywhere.