Growing up a misfit in rural North Florida caused me to have plenty of maladaptive and antisocial tendencies.

I still don’t believe that’s an excuse for me to be a jerk and an asshole to others. Entirely too many people allow their trauma to be used as an excuse for why they should be permitted to abuse and bully anyone they dislike. Many — perhaps most — of these people are on the left.

Growing up rough sucks. I didn’t enjoy getting out of bed in the morning every day to go to a place where I knew I was gonna get my ass kicked, only to come home to a father who told me I wasn’t manly enough. (How can an eight-year-old be “manly” anyway?) But that’s what happened and I still don’t let it be an excuse to be a trash human now.

A whole hell of a lot of you do, though.