Comments | acrossthewalls: Some people just don't get it.

acrossthewalls

Some people just don't get it.

Nov 04, 2008 06:35

************ is tired of being called a jagoff, moron and other degrading terms b/c of who she's voting for. This country was built on freedom of choice -- let me have mine!

I saw this on facebook this morning. I don't know the girl too well, we were just classmates in college. It's obvious that she is voting McCain. But given McCain and Palin's ( Read more... )

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shad0ws November 4 2008, 19:01:49 UTC

one that came through my feed: [*********] is keeping his freedom, guns, and money...Obama can keep his "CHANGE.".

to which my response was: [****]! i'll call this one before the polls even close today. i will bet you $50 that -- assuming an Obama victory, of course -- on Nov 4, 2009, you will *still* have as much freedom as you had before; your guns will be wherever you've always kept them (also, they will be just as legal!); & you will personally be paying no greater an income tax, relative to your current job. ... now, assuming you're correct, it should be easy money, right? do let me know. :)

since he's essentially a rich white dude, i expect to profit from this venture. assuming i get a response. which i probably won't. heh.

acrossthewalls November 4 2008, 19:37:51 UTC

nice. I think I won the 'high road' contest with mine, though the girl who posted the origina status seemed to not get her panties in a wad like her one friend did. this is how it went down ( ... )

shad0ws November 4 2008, 20:03:43 UTC

& that's exactly the problem, at this point... we're fast-approaching a level in this country where any attempt at discourse on these issues is like inviting a shitstorm.

the problem is clearly on both sides---as you've touched on, liberals can be douchebags just as easily as conservatives, & i've certainly seen my share of reprehensible words/behavior from Obama supporters. (it actually seems that much worse, for me, when it's coming from a Democrat. because we should be taking the high road; we should be accepting any opinions we come across as totally valid, whether or not we agree; & we should be respectful of every one of those opinions, because we damn well demand the same.)

but it goes -- is going -- much farther, & this really, really worries me.

when one's support of a particular candidate goes deeper than concerns over policy differences---that is to say, when you make an entire election come down to what you view as being "pro-murder" or "anti-murder" (to use your interaction as an example), the ability to have an ( ... )

acrossthewalls November 4 2008, 20:24:52 UTC

What worries me is how much of the hatred-for-the-other-guy doesn't even stem from facts or the issues. Among my beefs with McCain is his clear, decisive remarks about wanting to overturn Roe v. Wade, enact very radical financial policy (a FREEZE on everything buy defense/vets after pretty much everyone else already took budget cuts due to poor economy/low tax revenue), and his tax policy. These are issues I simply don't want to see in my country ( ... )

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adamisawesome November 5 2008, 15:18:24 UTC

Abortion is the one issue I've purposefully not formed an opinion on, something to do with my massive pile of male genitalia ironically making me feel inadequate. I'm bound to give it rigorous thought eventually though.

I was a single issue voter, also working under the theory that it was representative of the bulk of my other positions. In practice, the two party system keeps that from working and I've since moved on to Libertarianism. Now that my vote doesn't matter, I feel much better about myself.