Riiiiiiight
So, I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes with my "I hate Bush" bashing schpiels, but I feel like I should clarify a bit...this is my journal, i.e. a place where I put my personal feelings about things. I apologize in advance if I offend anyone with things that I write, but I won't censor how I feel, especially when I feel very passionately.
This election was a keystone event, and people are bound to get very, very dogmatic about their beliefs. As the newscaster I was listening to all night has said, "The red states got redder, and the blue states got bluer. There is now an incredible hate and polarization between the two sides." I both see that and agree with it. Unfortunately I am also part of it because it is difficult to not feel passionate for my side, even though it has been defeated.
I've already lost several friends to the war in Iraq. I don't want to be drafted, I don't want my friends or their siblings to be drafted. I can't feel right about what America has just done to itself and what it's doing to other innocent people.
I think people should have the fundamental right to do what they want to do with their lives as well as their bodies, as long as it does no harm to anyone else. If someone wants to marry someone else of the same sex, that's wonderful, because they've found the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. Love has no gender, and it should not be mediated by anyone other than those directly involved.
I am glad that I am not in America right now, because I can feel as though I am with the world at large with mourning for everything that has happened and that will happen for the next four years. I am truly ashamed and disappointed at what has just occurred, ashamed that the race was so close and that so few people actually think of more than just themselves when choosing a leader for more than just our country but our world. I can say that calmly, now that it's not 6am and I'm not utterly shocked at the outcome.
Peace and love, everyone.
This election was a keystone event, and people are bound to get very, very dogmatic about their beliefs. As the newscaster I was listening to all night has said, "The red states got redder, and the blue states got bluer. There is now an incredible hate and polarization between the two sides." I both see that and agree with it. Unfortunately I am also part of it because it is difficult to not feel passionate for my side, even though it has been defeated.
I've already lost several friends to the war in Iraq. I don't want to be drafted, I don't want my friends or their siblings to be drafted. I can't feel right about what America has just done to itself and what it's doing to other innocent people.
I think people should have the fundamental right to do what they want to do with their lives as well as their bodies, as long as it does no harm to anyone else. If someone wants to marry someone else of the same sex, that's wonderful, because they've found the person they want to spend the rest of their life with. Love has no gender, and it should not be mediated by anyone other than those directly involved.
I am glad that I am not in America right now, because I can feel as though I am with the world at large with mourning for everything that has happened and that will happen for the next four years. I am truly ashamed and disappointed at what has just occurred, ashamed that the race was so close and that so few people actually think of more than just themselves when choosing a leader for more than just our country but our world. I can say that calmly, now that it's not 6am and I'm not utterly shocked at the outcome.
Peace and love, everyone.