POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Rejecting the dogma of “you’re not good enough”

It’s BS coming from the Catholic Church, and BS coming from the left

During my Catholic upbringing, one the main messages hammered into my head was, “You’re not good enough.” That’s some cruel sh!t to inflict on a child, and believe you me, the toxic legacy stuck with me for decades. Only in the last year, did I finally transcend that nonsense (which is a story I tell in my just-released book, “Confessions of a Queer, Catholic Nebraska Boy,” shameless plug).

This morning, my first thought when I woke up was, “Damn it! I’ve been taking that same crap from leftists for the last 20 years.” Not all leftists, of course. Not by a stretch, but there’s been some loud voices doing it. They’ve been around for decades, and the internet has amplified them. No matter what you do or say, it’s just “not good enough” for somebody, and they’ll rake you over the coals for it. I’m so sick of it.

An example: Too many times, it’s not sufficient to critique a public figure who deserves criticism; there’s also gotta be the slam on their audience for being stupid or whatever. Offensive terms like, “sheeple,” get thrown around. (See my essay, “We Should Stop Insulting Animals and Own Our Own Humanity.”) Just for the record, if you’re…