MONDAY COMMENTARY – A BRAND NEW ME

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary on Cat Country 98 FM & Rock 98.5 FM)

I FEEL LIKE I REACHED A BREAKING POINT OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND WHAT GREAT TIMING IT IS BECAUSE TODAY THE COMMENTARY DEBUTS ON YORKTON’S ROCK 98.5 FM, ALONG WITH THE FLAGSHIP, CAT COUNTRY 98 IN ASSINIBOIA.

YOU SEE, I FOUND MYSELF UNDERFIRE, AGAIN, FROM THE CANCEL CULTURE CROWD. THIS TIME IT WAS A SMALL ENOUGH THING, BUT MIKE STACKHOUSE WRITES A COLUMN ON MY WEBSITE RODPEDERSEN.COM AND HE WROTE THAT THE LEFTISTS ARE TRYING TO CANCEL SPORTS BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE MASCULINE, ALPHA MALE-TYPES COME FROM AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE A THREAT TO THEIR AGENDA.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER AND CAME AFTER BOTH MIKE AND ME, AND MADE ALL KINDS OF THREATS.

IT’S. HIS. OPINION.

THE SIMPLE FACT IS WHEN EDITING STACKHOUSE’S COLUMN I SKIM IT OVER FOR ANY SPELLING ERRORS AND HIT “PUBLISH”. I DON’T HAVE TIME TO ABSORB THE FINE DETAILS OF MIKE’S MIND. I TRUST HIM AND ALTHOUGH WE DON’T ALWAYS SEE EYE-TO-EYE, I’M A BIG ENOUGH PERSON TO ACCEPT OTHERS’ OPINIONS.

SIMILAR TO THE REGINA LEADER POST WHERE SEEMINGLY ONCE A WEEK POLITICAL COLUMNIST MURRAY MANDRYK ROYALLY TICKS ME OFF OVER SOMETHING HE’S WRITTEN ABOUT PREMIER SCOTT MOE.

BUT I DON’T GO OFF THE DEEP-END, CALL THE PUBLISHER OF THE LEADER POST AND ASK FOR MURRAY’S HEAD ON A SPIT.

IT’S. HIS. OPINION.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?

THIS ALL CAME AT THE END OF THE WEEK WHERE I WAS CALLED A SCUMBAG AND A LOSER FOR GETTING MY FIRST VACCINATION SHOT.

AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE, I WAS APPLAUDED FOR SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE AND SHOWING LEADERSHIP.

REALLY ALL I WAS DOING WAS TRYING TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN AND APPEASE MY FAMILY. TO BE FRANK, I DON’T DO ANYTHING FOR APPEARANCES.

AND THAT’S WHERE I JUST NATURALLY REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT FROM NOW ON I’M JUST GOING TO BE ME – LOVE ME OR HATE ME. IT’S TOO EXHAUSTING TO TRY TO BE ANYTHING ELSE. I’LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND WILL GO DOWN SWINGING DEFENDING WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT.

I WILL LOSE MYSELF, AGAIN, IF I CATER TO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS I SHOULD BE. IT ALSO TAKES 24 HOURS DAILY RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE AND FIT SOCIETY’S MOLD. I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.

SO LUCKY YOU … YOU’VE CAUGHT ME ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY.