My name is Byl Holte and I was born in 1961 - way before the Speech Police.
So I still say ILLEGAL ALIEN.
I still say RETARDED.
I still say FAT.
I still say MIDGET.
I still say STEWARDESS.
I still say LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I still say CRIPPLE.
I still say DEAF.
I still say BLIND.
I still say HANDICAPPED.
I still say HOMELESS.
I still say CRAZY.
I still say INSANE.
I still say ORIENTAL.
I still say BLACKLIST.
I still say COLORED PEOPLE.
I still say MOTHER.
I still say MAN and WOMAN.
I still say MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I still say โINDIANโ instead of Native American.
I still say โgood morningโ and never โbuenos dias.โ
I still say โElliot Page is a WOMAN.
I still know Trans women are MEN.
And I still know that if a woman kills her children, she deserves the death penalty, no questions asked.
My 65-year-old brain canโt help it.
It was programmed back when evil was evil, not something that needed to be debated.
So go ahead and call me whatever new name you just invented.
I was here first, and Iโm not changing.
Whoโs with me on that?