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Lounge Daily Inspirational Message (Original Post) Major Nikon Nov 2012 OP
I can't think of a time that I've ever felt that way. Tobin S. Nov 2012 #1
There are people out there that are pissed at you for just breathing, and you don't even know them! Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #2
I don't think that's what the OP is saying Tobin S. Nov 2012 #3
But it is a nice perk. n/t Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #4
My dad was a union organizer back in the 1930s and 1940s. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #5
My dad told me a story Major Nikon Nov 2012 #6

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
1. I can't think of a time that I've ever felt that way.
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 02:39 PM
Nov 2012

Having people pissed at you for whatever reason isn't all that fun.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
2. There are people out there that are pissed at you for just breathing, and you don't even know them!
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:25 PM
Nov 2012

It's not fun, until you are proven on the right of things. Then It becomes Glory.

And that is the end of my, more than likely, unwanted two cents.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
3. I don't think that's what the OP is saying
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 03:27 PM
Nov 2012

It's saying that doing the right thing is glorious even if people hate you for it. It's not about redemption.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
5. My dad was a union organizer back in the 1930s and 1940s.
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 03:55 AM
Nov 2012

He said, "I always knew I was doing something right whenever someone called me a Communist."

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
6. My dad told me a story
Sat Nov 24, 2012, 09:41 AM
Nov 2012

About a guy he worked with that hated FDR so much he would sell all the dimes in his pocket for 8 cents.

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