Forbidden Topics

 

My father spoke to me while I was yet a teenager:

“There are two things you should never discuss with other people ~ religion and politics ~ remember that.”

There is an ever expanding list of forbidden topics.

• Politics

• Religion

• LGTB, and the countless expansions of affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify...

• Race — including all derivatives of BLM and CRT...

• Gun control — with endless discussions of rights; and what is, or is not an assault weapon.

• Medical matters — the question of the right to make personal medical decisions.

• Personal topics, that would be embarrassing to reveal.

My commentaries frequently transgress these bounds — and are thereby relegated to the bin marked “Not for Publication”

I choose not to publish them in my blog — I fear the certain retribution of the “Cancel Culture”.

I have been counseled that I should — nay, MUST have the backbone to stand up and express my views.

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”

But that lofty historical arrogance by Farragut at Mobile Bay was backed by superior force. When one is alone, making provocative observations directed to an adversary of greater strength is a rash indiscretion.

As is the disclosure of some sensitive topic of behavior or predilection.

Therefore does my collection of “unpublished” grow — and my voice remains silent.