Lately saw a program on Decisions That Changed the World, and it was an article On Lyndon B. Johnson. Maligned and devalued, he nevertheless made some very important strides in legistation to fix segregation. But, never mind his problem with the Viet Nam War, his real problem is he's uglier than JFK. We still react very much to charisma and good looks, not that its not deserved, but often it stacks the favors. I am not a real dog, kinda cute, grandmotherly, don't scare horses or small children, but I have been at the crux of such discrimination. It bites, both ways. When the time will come when homo sapiens is truly wise, and no longer judges by surface impressions only, then perhaps we can finally progress as human beings worthy of continuation as a species. Ugly is as Ugly does, but dumb, stupid ignorance is to the bone.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
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