Now I get it. Poor Mr. Pilot man! After recounting that eleven out of twelve flight attendants he had to deal with were "f**king over-the-top f**king *ss f**king homosexuals" he says, "Think of the odds of that!"
What are the odds?! Your statistical reality is so unfortunate. What are the odds that, in America's great "equal opportunity" society, the top 5% of wage earners are about 90% white?(1) What are the odds that a male with a doctorate will earn over $40,000 more annually than a female with the same degree?(2) What are the odds that those "*ss f**king homosexuals" you're so sick of attempt suicide up seven times as often as their heterosexual counterparts?(3)
Well, those odds are 100%, because that's reality. What are the odds that Mr. Pilot man is the beneficiary of all of this? I don't know, but it must be pretty low since his life sounds rough.
This pilot was so infuriated for feeling like what women, gays, & ethnic minorities feel like all the time, except he only had to endure it for a few weeks. He seems to believe the myth -- & it's perpetuated in our media, our schools, & in too many of our homes -- that the only people who count are the ones like him; all of the "real" people share his traits & to deal with people who don't is a severe imposition on his life.
Mr. Pilot man complains of the "continuous stream of gays & grannies & grandes" & says "I hate 100% of their *sses." But when I think about it, I can see where he's coming from: Check the profiles of the leaders of Fortune 500 companies & you'll see a continuous stream of white, male faces. Turn on your TV & you will see a continuous stream of white, male faces. Look anywhere our society on the whole says you want to be, & you'll see these problematic continuous streams, except they're not full of gays, grannies, & grandes. They're endless pools of straight, white, male faces. What are the odds?
In the end, Mr. Pilot man, I'll admit it. I feel your pain.
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