\u00c1 lestarpallinum \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni \u00ed vinnuna \u00ed g\u00e6rmorgun var \u00e9g spur\u00f0ur, \u201cHow are you, today?\u201d Spurningin \u201cHow are you?\u201d er einhver s\u00fa marklausasta \u00ed enskri tungu og eftir 10 \u00e1r \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum hef \u00e9g l\u00e6rt a\u00f0 svara \u201cFine and you?\u201d og ganga s\u00ed\u00f0an framhj\u00e1 vi\u00f0komandi.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar \u00e9g hins vegar sag\u00f0i \u201cFine\u201d \u00ed g\u00e6r, s\u00e1 \u00e9g a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 var eitthva\u00f0 anna\u00f0 \u00ed gangi. F\u00f3lki\u00f0 \u00e1 pallinum \u00feagna\u00f0i og leit \u00e1 mig. \u00dea\u00f0 var \u00fe\u00f6gn \u00feanga\u00f0 til lestin kom. \u00c9g missti nefnilega af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00e1herslan hj\u00e1 spyrlinum var \u00e1 or\u00f0inu \u201ctoday\u201d. \u00deetta var ekki \u00f3\u00feolandi kurteisisspurningin, \u00feetta var spurning um hvort a\u00f0 samtali\u00f0 um sorgina og \u00f3ttann sem haf\u00f0i \u00e1tt s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 \u00e1 lestarpallinum \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00e9g kom g\u00e6ti haldi\u00f0 \u00e1fram, n\u00fa \u00feegar hv\u00edtur mi\u00f0aldra karlma\u00f0ur var kominn \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mist\u00f6kin \u00feegar \u00e9g horf\u00f0i \u00e1 f\u00f3lki\u00f0 \u00ed kringum mig \u00ed \u00fe\u00f6gn, horfandi \u00e1 t\u00e6rnar \u00e1 s\u00e9r. \u00c9g \u00e1kva\u00f0 a\u00f0 segja ekkert, en skrifa\u00f0i Facebook status \u00ed lestinni um hvernig allir hafa tilhneigingu til a\u00f0 fyrirgefa si\u00f0fer\u00f0isbresti \u00feeirra sem okkur l\u00edkar vi\u00f0. Vi\u00f0 frj\u00e1lslynda f\u00f3lki\u00f0 fyrirgefum kynfer\u00f0isgl\u00e6pi Woody Allen og Roman Polanski \u00ed nafni listarinnar, \u00edb\u00faar Cleveland sam\u00feykkja kyn\u00fe\u00e1ttahatri\u00f0 sem felst \u00ed lukkud\u00fdri hafnaboltali\u00f0sins vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00feetta eru bara \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttir. Karlar fyrirgefa Trump kynfer\u00f0is\u00e1r\u00e1sir vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 hann er v\u00edst g\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00ed \u201cbusiness\u201d. \u00deegar \u00e9g kom \u00ed vinnuna, fann \u00e9g strax hversu \u00f3vi\u00f0eigandi statusinn var og eyddi honum. \u00dea\u00f0 er einfaldlega ekki t\u00edmi fyrir hr\u00fatsk\u00fdringar n\u00fana. \u00dea\u00f0 er ekki eins og hr\u00e6\u00f0slan s\u00e9 m\u00edn.<\/p>\n
\u00dear sem \u00e9g var \u00ed vinnunni og tala\u00f0i vi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk sem \u00f3tta\u00f0ist a\u00f0 hj\u00f3nabandi\u00f0 \u00feeirra ver\u00f0i \u00f3gilt, \u00e6ttingjar sendir \u00far landi, b\u00f6rnin \u00feeirra \u00e1reitt \u00ed sk\u00f3lanum, heilsutryggingar \u00f3gildar, heilsug\u00e6slum loka\u00f0 e\u00f0a nau\u00f0synlegar l\u00e6knisa\u00f0ger\u00f0ir banna\u00f0ar, \u00fe\u00e1 skyldi \u00e9g \u00e1 n\u00fdjan h\u00e1tt a\u00f0 n\u00e6stu dagar sn\u00faast ekki um hugmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0ilegar \u00fatsk\u00fdringar m\u00ednar \u00e1 \u00e1standinu e\u00f0a sigur og tap, heldur um hr\u00e6\u00f0slu, \u00f3vissu og sorg.<\/p>\n
M\u00faslimarnir \u00ed kj\u00f6rb\u00fa\u00f0inni vi\u00f0 kirkjuna reyndu a\u00f0 taka \u00feetta \u00e1 gr\u00edninu \u00feegar \u00e9g m\u00e6tti til a\u00f0 kaupa Dietk\u00f3ki\u00f0 mitt \u00ed h\u00e1deginu. H\u00f3tu\u00f0u hvor \u00f6\u00f0rum me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 n\u00fa yr\u00f0u \u00feeir sendir \u00far landi og reyndu a\u00f0 sannf\u00e6ra mig um a\u00f0 n\u00fa v\u00e6ri allt a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a \u201cgreat\u201d. \u00deeir voru ekki mj\u00f6g sannf\u00e6randi.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar lei\u00f0 \u00e1 daginn skrifa\u00f0i \u00e9g undir br\u00e9f til Mi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0var m\u00faslima \u00ed borginni \u00fear sem \u00e9g lofa\u00f0i a\u00f0 standa me\u00f0 og sty\u00f0ja \u00feau \u00ed erfi\u00f0leikunum. \u00c1 sama h\u00e1tt f\u00f3r nafni\u00f0 mitt \u00e1 kve\u00f0ju til F\u00e9lagsmi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0var LGBTQ \u00ed hverfinu, \u00fear sem vinnusta\u00f0urinn minn lofar a\u00f0 vera gri\u00f0asta\u00f0ur sama hva\u00f0 \u00e1 dynur. \u00c9g ba\u00f0 me\u00f0 f\u00f3lki \u00ed eftirmi\u00f0dagshelgihaldinu \u00ed kirkjunni. \u00c9g heyr\u00f0i \u00ed f\u00f3lki sem sag\u00f0ist hafa brosti\u00f0 \u00ed gr\u00e1t aftur og aftur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00fea\u00f0 f\u00e9kk fr\u00e9ttirnar, f\u00f3lki sem treysti s\u00e9r ekki \u00far h\u00fasi til a\u00f0 funda me\u00f0 m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00e1 um kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0, \u00fev\u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri hr\u00e6tt og uppgefi\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar d\u00f3ttir m\u00edn s\u00f3tti mig \u00e1 lestarst\u00f6\u00f0ina um kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0, \u00feegar \u00e9g loksins komst heim \u00far vinnunni, sag\u00f0i h\u00fan m\u00e9r fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sk\u00f3linn hef\u00f0i bo\u00f0i\u00f0 upp \u00e1 s\u00e1lg\u00e6sluvi\u00f0t\u00f6l allan daginn. Sk\u00f3lastj\u00f3rinn hef\u00f0i \u00e1varpa\u00f0 nemendurna um morguninn og lofa\u00f0 \u00feeim a\u00f0 sama hva\u00f0 ger\u00f0ist, \u00fe\u00e1 v\u00e6ri sk\u00f3linn \u00feeirra \u00f6ruggt sv\u00e6\u00f0i \u00fear sem allir \u00e6ttu sama r\u00e9tt, burts\u00e9\u00f0 fr\u00e1 innflytjendastatus, kyni, kyn\u00fe\u00e6tti e\u00f0a kynhneig\u00f0 og starfsf\u00f3lki\u00f0 myndi standa me\u00f0 \u00feeim sama hva\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur t\u00edmi fyrir hv\u00edta gagnkynhneig\u00f0a gifta karlmenn til a\u00f0 greina, hr\u00fatsk\u00fdra og burtsk\u00fdra okkar \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed sem ger\u00f0ist \u00ed forsetakosningunum \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum. \u00cd augnablikinu er hins vegar t\u00edmi \u00f3tta, \u00f3vissu og sorgar hj\u00e1 m\u00f6rgum sem eru ekki eins og \u00e9g.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g er nefnilega \u201cfine\u201d. \u00c9g \u00fearf ekki a\u00f0 \u00f3ttast a\u00f0 l\u00e6knastofunni sem \u00e9g nota ver\u00f0i loka\u00f0 af stj\u00f3rnv\u00f6ldum, H\u00e6stir\u00e9ttur er ekki a\u00f0 fara a\u00f0 \u00f3gilda hj\u00f3nabandi\u00f0 mitt e\u00f0a gera l\u00e6knisa\u00f0ger\u00f0ir refsiver\u00f0ar sem \u00e9g g\u00e6ti \u00feurft \u00e1 a\u00f0 halda. B\u00f6rnin m\u00edn eru ekki \u00fatsett fyrir einelti af forsetanum vegna \u00fatlits e\u00f0a kl\u00e6\u00f0abur\u00f0ar. M\u00ednar heilsutryggingar hverfa ekki \u00fe\u00f3 \u201cObamacare\u201d ver\u00f0i fellt \u00far gildi. \u00c9g ver\u00f0 ekki rekinn \u00far landi ef Al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0avi\u00f0skiptasamningum ver\u00f0ur rift.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g laug engu \u00e1 lestarpallinum \u00ed g\u00e6rmorgun. En \u00e9g t\u00f3k \u00f3a\u00f0vitandi st\u00f6\u00f0u me\u00f0 hinum gagnkynhneig\u00f0u hv\u00edtu giftu k\u00f6rlunum sem k\u00f6llu\u00f0u \u00f3ttann, hr\u00e6\u00f0sluna og \u00f3vissuna yfir alla \u00fe\u00e1 sem eru ekki \u00feeir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c1 lestarpallinum \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni \u00ed vinnuna \u00ed g\u00e6rmorgun var \u00e9g spur\u00f0ur, \u201cHow are you, today?\u201d Spurningin \u201cHow are you?\u201d er einhver s\u00fa marklausasta \u00ed enskri tungu og eftir 10 \u00e1r \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum hef \u00e9g l\u00e6rt a\u00f0 svara \u201cFine and you?\u201d og ganga s\u00ed\u00f0an framhj\u00e1 vi\u00f0komandi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,39,89,97,98,99,118,124,147,150],"class_list":["post-6203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islenska","tag-community","tag-crap","tag-injustice","tag-leadership","tag-lgbtqi","tag-listening","tag-politics","tag-racism","tag-storytelling","tag-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}