sometimes you question your beliefs and you feel like an idiot
tonight was one of those nights. The other night Heather and I talked to her good friend Ashlee about Bush vs. Kerry and i presented what i knew and she said that she was appreciated it because she doesn't fallow the media or anything. Well tonight her friend messaged us, saying vote Bush 2005 because he said that we said that voting for Bush is uneducated and he was trying to mock us. To correct that we never said that voting for Bush is uneducated. The fact is, is what we've come across in our own experiences is that many weren't educated about it. So we went on about the war he said he wasn't against it so we asked why he supported it, he said he didn't. Ok...hrmm. So i asked him if he ever had to worry about someone dieing in Iraq or a family member losing their job. He said if Bush signed something (i dunno what it was he never said) his father would have losted his job. He also said his best friend just joined the Marines, but he didn't seem to worried about it. he said i just have to hope he doesn't die. I mentioned someones mom being over there (some of you know who) he didn't comment. I also mentioned that the soldiers shouldn't have their leaves extended if promised to be home by a certain date. he said that they have no rights and it's their own faults. I pointed out that there are two more countries in the Axis of evil that we still have to invade. A draft will have to be enstated to support the numbers to go there, he said things look Grim and I said he wouldn't be saying that when he's over there. I went on about minorities being denied the right to vote in Florida (James i know you know about his one) and i also said that in Texas hate crime laws were lifted because they protected gays and lesbians. He said thta i had to show him the laws, so i went on to go find them. I came back empty handed. The thing that frustrated me was the fact that I had just read those things and I had sent them to Heather's friend. I knew they exsisted, I have the facts in a book but you really can't quote a book to some one over the internet when you can't show it to them. Especially if i would have told them the title even though the authors are Texan's. I don't debate, i'll discuss politics with people i know and are close with. Plus the day was over all bad, so it just didn't help. I felt like an idiot, and I started to think that i didn't know what i was talking about. But Heather's friend reassured me that i knew what i was talking about, that I showed her the same things i read and Heather assured me the same. It's just when you stand firm on something you start to take things personalt especialy when you know family will be affected in many horrible ways...i'm just sick of it now. It makes me cry. But now that i think about it he had no empathy and i feel good knowing that atleast i have some and that i'm able to feel the hurt that other people do.