My Thoughts On… – A Blog by Alysson Fergison

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Welcome!  OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER: I’m outspoken, snarky and often profane.  People seem to think I’m funny.  Who am I to argue with the divine wisdom of strangers and couple thousand Twitter followers?

If you offend easily or tend to believe that women should sit down, shut up and “act like ladies”, you’re in for a rude awakening.  As Kathy Griffin would say, “Suck it!”  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

I earn my living building search engine and user friendly small business websites & blogs using the WordPress platform.  If it’s good enough for CNN, Mashable, The New York Times, Stephen Colbert, MIT, Reuters and many others, it’s good enough for me & my clients!  I also help small business owners with their Internet marketing efforts – like SEO (search engine optimization), ORM (online reputation management) and online branding, both on existing websites and new ones.  If you’re a small business owner in need of some help, please check out my search marketing alter ego at SEOAly.

Who Is Alysson, Really?

What you see is what you get.  My understanding of right and wrong doesn’t change based on circumstance.  Mercilessness and avarice are bad.  Compassion and empathy are good.  Here are a few key examples that will help to illustrate some of my core beliefs and points of view:

  • If you prey on ignorance, misery, death & destruction to turn a profit, you are an absolute horror of a human being – no matter how many Bible verses you can recite or how much money you dropped into the collection plate last Sunday.
  • War will never bring about peace.
  • Nothing screams dimwittedness like protests of alleged rights infringements by those who cannot even spell Constitution.
  • If an entire legal team is required to defend an assertion that an “interrogation technique” isn’t torture, it IS torture.
  • The notion that “Fascism“, “Socialism” and “Communism” are synonymous smacks of foolishness.
  • Tea partiers are woefully misinformed puppets of avarice who can’t shut their pie holes long enough to realize they’re being used.
  • The agenda of congressional Republicans only benefits the wealthiest 2%-5% of Americans & large corporations, not the average American.
  • Fossils were not planted here by “Satan” in order to trick people or test their faith in “God”.

Learn to separate the stories filtered through the ideological spin machine from the truth.  Propaganda is for simpletons.  Don’t be one.  No matter how unwilling you are to accept or acknowledge them, the events of history are not open to individual interpretation.  Facts are facts.  Acknowledge them.  Learn from them.  Evolve.  Progress.

Insanity: doing the same thing, over and over again, and expecting different results.  ~ Albert Einstein.

Social progress is more important than blind allegiance to ideology, political party or theology.  Compassion takes precedence over profit and people are more important than corporate interests.  I am a progressive, but don’t mistake that for political party affiliation.

The answers to our greatest challenges have never and will never come from the ideological cesspool of partisanship.  Practical, constructive solutions are always somewhere in the middle of idealogical extremes.  Progress depends on incorporating the best ideas, no matter which side of the political aisle they come from.

Don’t Mistake Civility For Passivity

While my intent is never to offend, I offer no apologies for the things I believe and say.  Political correctness is for politicians whose massive character flaws are masked by a seemingly benign desire to be liked and a never-ending quest for approval.  I possess neither.

I call a horse’s ass a horse’s ass and I’ve been known to call out shenanigans and douchebaggary whenever the opportunity presents itself.  Understand that I will vehemently argue my point and I will attack nonsensical ideas, but I will never threaten or personally attack an individual.  Personal insults are for the juvenile, small-minded and intellectually weak.

I am rational, reasonable and logical.  My arguments are backed up by examples and facts.  If your opinions are based on mere ideology, fundamental right-wing political talking points and propaganda or religious rhetoric, our debate will be a short one.  I will not enter into a battle of wits with the unarmed.

A Snarky Cynic’s Free Time…

I have a variety of interests that include writing, blogging, photography, search marketing, graphic & website design and politics. You’ll find me discussing those subjects and more on Twitter. Follow me, won’t you?

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