D. Patrick Batten

Purchase Line High School

Class of 1967

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D. Patrick Batten - Class of 1967 - Purchase Line High School

First Name	D. Patrick
Last Name	Batten
Graduation Year	Class of 1967
Gender	Male
Current Location	Orlando, Florida
Hometown	Commodore, Pennsylvania
Relationship Status	Married
About Me	Just a guy that wants to help maintain the ability to openly express our thoughts and opinions. We need to continue to hold our freedoms sacred and fight tyranny in every way possible. I am a curmudgeon - curmudgeon - noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas. A curmudgeon's reputation for malevolence is undeserved. They're neither warped nor evil at heart. They don't hate mankind, just mankind's absurdities. They're just as sensitive and soft-hearted as the next guy, but they hide their vulnerability beneath a crust of misanthropy. They ease the pain by turning hurt into humor. . . . . . They attack maudlinism because it devalues genuine sentiment. . . . . . Nature, having failed to equip them with a servicable denial mechanism, has endowed them with astute perception and sly wit. Curmudgeons are mockers and debunkers whose bitterness is a symptom rather than a disease. They can't compromise their standards and can't manage the suspension of disbelief necessary for feigned cheerfulness. Their awareness is a curse. Perhaps curmudgeons have gotten a bad rap in the same way that the messenger is blamed for the message: They have the temerity to comment on the human condition without apology. They not only refuse to applaud mediocrity, they howl it down with morose glee. Their versions of the truth unsettle us, and we hold it ag...(read more)