On Dingleberries

From Google:

din·gle·ber·ry

ˈdiNGəlˌberē/

noun

vulgar slang

noun: dingleberry; plural noun: dingleberries

1. 1.

   a particle of fecal matter attached to the anal hair of an animal.
2. 2.

   USinformal

   a foolish or inept person.

Earlier today I had an hour-long phone conversation with a very good friend of mine. We devoted a large portion of that conversation to discussing a certain kind of person -- the assholes who stubbornly and ignorantly perpetuate hate and discrimination.

This topic came up because her boyfriend had recently been involved in a rather contentious dispute on Facebook (I know.. the horror!). In short, somebody had written a post warning the citizens of Facebook to stay as far away from homeless people -- especially African-American homeless people -- as possible, lest we get mugged, dismembered, or worse. My friend's boyfriend responded by respectfully cautioning all of us to avoid generalizing: Sure, some homeless people will kill and rape you, but not most. And furthermore, many (white) people with homes would be more than happy to slowly dissect you with a rusty scalpel while munching on fried portions of your skin and watching reruns of The View.

Anywho: The backlash was immediate and vitriolic. You don't know what you're talking about! Homeless people are all crack addicts that would kill you in an instant! I hope a mob of black bums gang-rapes you in the street!

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Ugh.

Do you know what these people are? They are a bunch of fucking dingleberries. Trolls. Bigots. Fear-mongerers. Panderers to the lowest common denominator. Smug, entitled cowards living in fear of anything that doesn't match their narrow definition of "normal" and "safe" -- as if anybody gives a crap about their opinions in the first place.

The dude who refers to homeless people as "trash", "the lower portion of society", and "degenerates"? Dingleberry.

The tool who self-destructed because ESPN aired video of Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend after he was chosen in the NFL Draft? Dingleberry. Dingleberry, dingleberry, dingleberry.

Some people are not worth the effort it takes to respond to their nonsense. Our time on this planet is finite. Every day brings us closer to the last day of our lives and our very last breath. Why waste any of your precious time pushing hate upon others?

More importantly -- why waste any precious moments responding to the dingleberries?