If You’re Challenging Anything Other Than Satan, You Probably Are on a List

A reader sent me this meme, to which I reply:  I hear you, but being on a list is not a crime.

I’m happy to live in a country where being found guilty of a crime by a jury of my peers is the only route to my being deprived of life, liberty, or property.  You should feel that way too.

I got a call one day from a guy who told me that he almost never reaches out to people under these circumstances, but that within a few hours, he had read one of my articles, and participated on a conference call led by the chairman of Shell Oil in which someone mentioned “Craig Shields of 2GreenEnergy.”

He said, “I had never heard of you once when I got of out bed this morning.  Now here I am, a huge stockholder in Shell btw, hearing your name twice before lunch.  Do you mind telling me: exactly who are you?”

I laughed, and tried to explain myself, but all the while I was thinking, “OK. I’m on somebody’s list.  And that’s not a good thing.”

The truth, of course, is that the name of anyone who seriously tries to make a difference is on one, one hundred, or one thousand enemies’ lists.  Don’t let it deter you.