Reply #56: Belligerent? Maybe so. [View All]

[DisgustipatedinCA]

My beef is not with you, although you and I don't see eye-to-eye. You didn't engage in a broad and sweeping attack against lots of folks by calling them losers. That's what got me going.

So am I being belligerent? I'll grant that maybe I am. And I'll furthermore explain that in addition to being a pot smoker and a belligerent person, I'm also:

-gainfully employed as a network engineer (no small feat in this economy)
-support a family of 5 in freaking California (no small feat in any economy)
-politically active and socially aware
-well-read
-strong sense of family
-very liberal

et al

I don't typically go around spouting accomplishments, but when I get classified as a "loser" because I like to smoke pot, I get a little bit defensive. I'll put my accomplishments and lifestyle up against any non-drug-user and I'll break even or come out ahead. That's where I'm coming from. I think human nature dictates that no one wants to be called a loser, especially when it's unwarranted and from a suspect source.