On the Presidency

Nov 05, 2008 19:09

During the Presidential campaign I went to the store looking for a Halloween card for a friend of mine and came upon one that had a picture of a person opening the paper, with the headline clearly reading "Obama Wins!" Inside, it said "Sorry, this was the scariest card I could find. Happy Halloween ( Read more... )

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theonesandtwos November 6 2008, 02:33:19 UTC
I understand what you're saying, and it is your right. Freedom of Speech is one of the greatest things we have, however, I still personally find it unattractive to be completely ripping your own front-man. I agree that it's right to voice your disapproval of a leader--especially when you feel so strongly about it--but when the threshold of that criticism's maximized it gets to a point where it's less about the thing someone's disapproving of and more about entertainment.

That's when a line's crossed. There have been times it gets to such an extreme I'm more ashamed of individual citizens actions rather than the actual policies they were trying to draw attention to in the first place (even if I don't approve of the policies, either). Both represent America: the leader and the citizen. When the disrespect gets to such an extreme it's class-less, neither is a snapshot I'd like to project, nor give more ammunition to countries that probably already hate us anyway. 2 wrongs don't make a right.

Where that line lays though and where drastic measures become too drastic, I'll be honest I'm not exactly sure. (Or in Palin's words, "I'll get that information for you and get back to you".) I'd probably become pretty drastic too if it was Hitler running the country, and I know a lot of people feel like Bush is Hitler.

Since we've had the worst--well, everything--we've seen in our lifetimes under the Bush Administration I can at least see where Bush-bashers are coming from, even if I still don't condone it. That's why with this election's results I'm trying to act by example the way I wish everyone else would, even when the circumstances aren't favorable.

I understand that's the nature of politics (which is why I'll never be in them), but leader or citizen, Democrat or Republican, we could benefit from a little respect for each other all across the board.

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xdimhalox November 6 2008, 04:19:36 UTC
In short, I also understand what you're saying. It's much more productive to discuss the reasons why Bush sucks instead of just spouting off that he sucks. I think a lot of people have hated him so much over the past several years that they've forgotten their reasons. It reminds me of why I hate sports sometimes. I love Cleveland sports, but going to games and hearing some of the AWFUL things people say makes me really ashamed to be a Browns or Indians fan. I know it's definitely not the same, but it's what I'm thinking about right now. Ha.

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