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Perhaps my subconscious felt the need to punish me for watching it, and I had nightmares all night. I dreamed I was in a really abusive situation, and I went to the local store where Ross from Friends was the store clerk. We became friends, and he helped me conspire to run away from the situation. One time I was in the store with a friend, and I fell to the floor, and he ran to help me and conspire on how I could leave. I woke up before he could actually help me escape, though.

Strangeness. 

For the record, I like the show, but was never a particular fan of Ross. I think all the cast in talented, but Pheobe is by far my favorite character on it. I'd go so far as to call her a kindred spirit. (Not the ditzy parts or the parts where she believes in pseudoscience stuff...but...A vegetarian, Xanadu-loving girl, come on! (-;) Except they went way over the edge with Pheobe for a laugh. I still love her. Not sure why Ross is a hero in my dreams. 

Recently said person has posted various posts on her own irresponsible life choices. To each his own. 

Yet, today, she posted on how it was impossible for someone to be both healthy and obese. I said that you cannot tell the health of someone just by looking at them. She went on and on stating that you can judge a person's health just by looking at them if they are obese. She said this without backing it up with any proof, studies, or data of any sort. I debated it logically, citing scientific studies, personal facts, and other detailed information. She just kept repeating that she didn't believe it even when presented with objective sources. 

Then she grew increasingly condescending. I'd call it verbally abusive for sure, and, after I reminded her of the study I provided, she stated, "these 'studies' you read, robin, are from your posse of obese friends trying to be ok w/ being obese. i find that VERY offensive to the public at large, trying to make it out to be OK!?"

My obese posse? I explained to her that, instead, a man who was not overweight at all had given me the study, she said he must like bbw. That there are men who do. 

Backing up here, when I explained this fact, which is an excerpt from an article I had the good fortune of having published for Friends of Animals' Action'Line, "more weight often means training harder. My muscles, heart strength, and endurance need to be stronger to do the same amount of running as those of average weight."

After I explained that....this person chose to state that such a thing meant that I run differently as in a deformed way, as her "friend" was trying to state that obese people cannot walk right. 

Her bigotry grew immense, and I was tempted to bring up her own loudly broadcast poor choices that she had recently made. I mean, if you are going to be so hatefully judgmental, get your own self in check first. I went there. I shouldn't have, but I could not take the repeated insults any longer. I just couldn't.

I think the person is a bigot with a very low IQ. She has shown this time and again, and I blocked her. After doing that I was bummed because I think that means that your comments are also blocked from appearing on the page, and I feel I made some sane points to her violently hateful language that showcased extreme prejudiced for people of a larger size. 

I will not engage in such conversations with such extreme idiots again, if I can help it, but I just try so hard to reach out and dim out the flames of ignorance and cruelty. It is impossible to do that for the whole world, but I was just trying to make some sense out of such horrible behavior and language. 

This bully has been lately publicly admitting to quite a lot of foolishness. I do feel sorry for this person. Truly, I do, but she needs to grow up and not spread her bigotry around. Chosen ignorance is a terrible thing. So I am learning to quickly spot abusers and quickly remove them from my life. A lesson learned is trouble out the door, and she is out that door! Bye bye.

I want to surround myself with those that bring out the best in me, and she definitely brought out the worst. Her cruel comments had me shaking and turning red. Here's to all the enlightened, sensitive spirits who give me the strength to face such bigots and the hope that most people in the world are not like those few horrid bigots. :)

He was a peaceful, non-violent activist who did so much and had so much courage, never resorting to violence no matter what cruelty he faced. He once wisely stated, "I have not urged a mechanical fusion of the civil rights and peace movements. There are people who have come to see the moral imperative of equality, but who cannot yet see the moral imperative of world brotherhood. I would like to see the fervor of the civil-rights movement imbued into the peace movement to instill it with greater strength. And I believe everyone has a duty to be in both the civil-rights and peace movements. But for those who presently choose but one, I would hope they will finally come to see the moral roots common to both." 

What King accomplished is well known and also not fully realized by many. He took away a lot of fear and empowered so many. His actions continued to influence others far beyond his short lifetime. He changed the world. I could never do it justice. I cannot begin to sum it up in my humble blog entry.

He would have been 83 this year. He is remembered in many ways by so many of us. The King Center was established by his widow, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, after his assassination. It is fully called The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. 

Here is one of his most memorable speeches, one that has always touched me, one I used to have on a poster in my college dorm room. His words are still so important to hear as we still have quite a distance to go as a society...