“A HIT DOG HOLLERS”  — 

SERIOUS INJURY (REAL OR PERCEIVED) IS LOUD

 

 

I just read an article at LGBTQ NATION about a woman who received a warning note from a gay man who overheard a conversation between her and a prospective dating partner.  You can read the article here: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/gay-man-passed-warning-note-woman-first-date-listened/

 

What struck me as particularly memorable was the response someone left on their Twitter page: “if all the straight men in the comments weren’t the same type of dude this gay man was warning her about, they’d mind their own business. if you know it’s not about you, then move on. but you know.. a hit dog hollers.”

What a great phrase!  I will think of it every time I see some racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic snipe rush to the defense of another of their kind, or any time one of them comes back on me calling me a libtard, socialist or some other pejorative (to  them) term.

 

OF GIRAFFES AND MEN

 

I have often said, “If someone called you a giraffe, all you’d do is laugh, because you know you’re not a giraffe.  So, if they call you a bitch, or a bully, or a racist, or a sexist, or a homophobe, or whatever, and you feel the need to defend yourself instead of just laugh, there’s something there that you know about yourself that you thought you had managed to keep hidden from others: you are a bitch (sometimes), or a bully (sometimes), or whatever else they accused you of being (at least in some ways and at various times), so you react in a way you wouldn’t had they simply accused you of being a giraffe. Whenever your hackles get raised, there’s something there that you don’t want seen by others or perhaps even admitted to yourself. But it’s there!

 

If you can’t simply laugh at the absurdity of the charge against you, it’s not an absurd charge. 

 

I have been bitchy/bastardy at times. I freely admit it.

 

I don’t think I’ve ever been a bully, but whenever I stand up for a cause or for myself to someone who doesn’t share my values or sensibilities, they might consider me a bully for remaining stalwart and declining to kowtow to their perceptions and opinions.

 

Occasions like this usually happen on Facebook or some other public forum where the two (or more) sparring partners aren’t standing face-to-face.

 

It’s easy to be a bully wrapped inside a car (road rage, middle fingers, cussing up a blue streak) or hidden behind a monitor. It’s less comfortable (for most people, except for the Donald Trumps of the world with big megaphones and rapt lemmings in front of him to cheer him on) to call out someone who’s standing right in front of you.

 

And even in the pathetic case of Trump, you probably noticed that he was playing to an unseen audience, to the cameras that sent his performance beyond the building that they all stood in as candidates when he debated the other GOP and DEM standard bearers. He was looming physically in the same space, actually stalking them in one case (see below), but from behind or beside them. His focus was on cameras and on the unseen, rapt millions who had tuned in to watch a contest of wits and policies between political contenders. He wanted a nasty bloodbath, not a discussion of values, policies or solutions, because he was bankrupt in all those areas.

 

CLINTON STALKING

 

Had he loomed/intimidated before Hillary Clinton  instead of seeking to intimidate her from behind (or to visually show his audience how “on top of her” he was) during their debate, she would have done one of two things: laughed in his face (I can actually see her doing that!), or told him to get back in his place. And he knew this, which is why he didn’t get in her face.  The man is a coward with a tyrant’s sensibilities.  As are the vast percentage (if not all) of the people who still support him after the Capitol insurrection and coup attempt in January.  Bullying and cheating are second nature to them.  Wanting a strongman in charge to do their filthy deeds suits them just fine.  (The GOP is now in lockstep with this ethic.) 

 

Anyway, I love the phrase, “A hit dog hollers.”  Fits Donald Trump like a glove.  If you’re offended by the above, it fits you, too.  So… what aren’t you acknowledging about yourself that is in lockstep with Donald Trump?

 

And if you’re a Christian, my question is: in what ways does Donald Trump model the words and/or actions of Christ in any way, shape or form?

 

I’m just wondering because I don’t see a single thing that the two beings have in common — other than worshippers/followers.  And I simply don’t understand how you can follow both if you truly understand Christ’s teachings. Explain it to me. I’m all ears!