Wednesday, May 5
Way back in 1999 Lee Ann Womack had a country song called, “I’ll Think Of A Reason Later”. The essence of the song was one woman didn’t like another woman even though she was good person who did good things. The animosity wasn’t based on rational thought – in fact, if the truth were actually told she should have been impressed by the other woman – but because they were romantic rivals she just flat didn’t like her. She made up her mind she didn’t like the other woman and, if necessary, she’d think of a reason later. Do we find ourselves in a similar position? Sometimes the pettiness doesn’t amount to much – for example I will never like the Oakland Raiders or the Norte Dame Fighting Irish. I just don’t and if I need to come up with a reason, I can – but that’s not the point. I just don’t like them. While sports rivalries can produce silliness like this, the problem is when we apply these standards to political parties, religious groups, races, genders and other criteria. Bigo