This picture has nothing to do with about what I am writing about today. Yet, it was a reminder that I had to get around to writing about a death of someone I haven't seen in years.
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Years ago, I went to school with a man who joked about forming his own Klan. (Spelling that word with a "K" is intentional.) This man was raised by an intolerant Germanic father, and he inherited many of his attitudes from his dad. At that time, I liked this person (I didn't have good taste in people then), and I ended up buying an insurance policy from him when he was in the insurance business.
Over the years, we lost contact, and he went his own way with his life. Yet, I was shocked to hear from him via Facebook, and I felt that he had the same attitudes he had in his past, as he was a Trump supporter. When he died, I decided to look at his Facebook page, and I was surprised by several things. First, he was no longer posting stupid things on his Facebook page, and there was little trace of the Trump support he showed in the past. Next, it appeared that he married again (he was already divorced once when I knew him), and that nothing showed up in his feed showing what this woman looked like. And finally, it looks like he had done a complete turnabout in regard to racial relations.
Sadly, I will not be in the NYC area when a memorial service is held for him. I would like to find out what happened to him in the years since we were together. I wonder what he would think if he were to find out that I am transgender. Unfortunately, some things can not be known....
PS: I later found out that he was still on his second marriage. Never trust personal data shared on Facebook.
