Here is today's question:
Have you even been accused of something you did not do? If so, talk about it.
I don't remember. There have been no false accusations lately. I'd honestly say it has been decades since any incidents like this may have occurred. And I don't remember any single incident except maybe from a sibling when I was a toddler.
But one thing stands out to me that I'll talk about. Y'all know I grew up in Utah in a very small town. There was one African American family in this small mining town of 2000 people in central Utah. The Lewis family.
John L. was a few years older than me and a football quarterback and a great guy. His sister Pam was a year older than me and she was the homecomings queen.
Their younger sister was not so popular. But that's the way most families are in small town America. They were a normal part of our community. I didn't think they were any different than my family.When I moved to Baltimore, MD (with it's large African American populations) and people found out I was from Utah they made assumptions that I was racist. This was not true! I hated to think that someone would make this judgement of me without really knowing me. I am not a racist and I am against racism of any kind. It angered me, but only to the point of wanting to educate people about making snap judgements of people just by an assumption.
Has anyone experienced a false accusation? How did you handle it?
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When I was in the army, the guy guarding after me stole a bullet. He probably thought that it would make a good souvenir or something. Of course the bullets are counted at the end of the shifts and the issue escalated.
I was accused by him that I stole the bullet. It was his word versus mine. We were brought to the general. I was never more furious in my life.
Thankfully that guy had done other mischief. So, they believed me over him. :-)
That's the story that came to my mind.
I have. And the end result was that I haven't really spoken to my father since.
Jim, I don't think I've ever been falsely accused. Maybe I have and just don't know about it.
If there is one thing I've learned dealing with the aftermath of my previous life, it is that there is nothing to do about accusations, except ignore them. No matter how painful, just keep being who you are and eventually the scum rises to the surface, is seen for what it is, and you didn't have to answer for anything to be exonerated.
I've learned to never explain anything. There is no reason to do so.
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