BUT WHAT ABOUT MY INALIENABLE RIGHTS

PHP CEO
PHP CEO
Aug 9, 2017 · 2 min read

I NEED TO PUT IT OUT THERE: I’M SCARED FOR OUR FUTURE

A TOTALITARIAN FUTURE CRAFTED BY EXTREMIST PROGRESSIVES WILLING TO DO ANYTHING UP TO AND INCLUDING SAYING REALLY RUDE THINGS TO PEOPLE THEY THINK ARE SMALL MINDED BIGOTS

OR MORE — REFUSING TO ASSOCIATE WITH THEM. TELLING THEM TO GO AWAY. SUPER RUDE!

WHAT WOULD SUCH A WORLD LOOK LIKE? WE CAN GUESS FROM THE PAST. A PROMINENT EXAMPLE IS A REBELLION BY A GROUP OF PROGRESSIVES IN A BRITISH COLONY SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS AGO WHO STARTED AN EXPERIMENTAL NATION WHICH SHOCKED MANY AT THE TIME

WE KNOW FROM HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS THAT THEY HAD A LIST OF UNSUBSTANTIATED GRIEVANCES — NO CITATIONS; JUST A RAMBLING BUNCH OF FEELINGS AND ANECDOTES

A FRAGMENT OF THIS OBSCURE NATION’S COMPLAINTS

WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT BECAME OF THAT NATION BUT WE DO KNOW THAT AT ITS HEIGHT IT REALLY HIT A BUNCH OF BRITISH LORDS RIGHT IN THEIR CALFSKIN WALLETS. SHAMEFUL

IT’S CHILLING TO THINK ON A GRIM FUTURE WHERE BIG SISTER RAISES HER EYEBROW DISAPPROVINGLY AND FIRES OFF A FEW EXASPERATED TWEETS WHEN A MAN EVER SO GENTLY SUGGESTS SHE PERHAPS BELONGS IN THE KITCHEN

WHAT RECOURSE IS THERE FOR THE HUMBLE SERVANT OF RATIONALITY WHO SIMPLY WANTS TO CITE A NEVER-REPRODUCED STUDY MADE AGAINST A SAMPLE OF 13 MALNOURISHED COLLEGE STUDENTS IN 1993

IS HE TO BLOVIATE IN PRIVATE?

IS HE TO BE BOOED AND HISSED OFF STAGE LIKE A DRUNKEN FOOL INTERRUPTING A MUSICAL EVENT? CAN WE LEAVE SUCH HAUNTING ACCOUNTS OF ATROCITY TO OUR PROGENY?

I FOR ONE REJECT THIS FUTURE

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CEO OF A PHP COMPANY. DISAPPOINTING HUSBAND. DISAPPOINTED FATHER.

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