Journal Entry "Ignorance and Intolerance Forgiven" 7-10-17
I had an interesting weekend. On Saturday, I shot some video with a guy who makes really nice ladders for cats. You can see his products here: http://catladder.com/ After that, I helped my daughter with her cookie/lemonade/bracelet stand in our driveway. The rest of my Saturday was pretty uneventful. Sunday I thought it would be a great idea to go to the Corn Hill Arts Festival in the lovely Corn Hill neighborhood of Rochester. I’ve never gone to this festival and it was chock full of cool things. We met Senator Chuck Schumer, we had delicious food and checked out some art, live music and ran into some good friends. There was one situation that really ruined the near-perfect day for us: An old curmudgeon posing as an artist. He yelled at them then yelled at me – telling me I should “Raise my kids better” or something. I don’t even want to rehash it. I immediately went on social media, calling him out. I’ve since deleted all of the posts and tweets for various reasons. One reason was I don’t want anyone seeing his name. I don’t want anyone knowing he exists. Another reason was I chose this opportunity to teach my kids about forgiveness and ignorance. I explained that we didn’t know what kind of day he’s had. We cannot know what kind of life he’s had for that matter. So although he was quick to judge us, I was not going to do the same. On-air today, I forgave him. He is a nasty old man for whatever reasons and the kids need to learn how to deal with that kind of ignorance and move on. He doesn’t deserve any space in our lives. Also, his art is terrible. 😉