compassion is kind of important
"when you stop striving for perfection, you might as well be dead."
so i am one of the people who conservative people have been bitching about all day. yes, i said some rash things that i didn't necesarilly mean, but i hope that people can have some understanding and realize that they would be very upset to if a candidate that they strongly believed in did not win. politics in general and especially this election are very very important to me and i invested a lot of energy into learning about the candidates and making sure i was making the right decision and trying to have calm discussions with people about what i thought, and coming from a very politically involved and liberal family, it was very upsetting for me. i just hope that before people start flipping out at me on their journals that they consider what they would feel like. as much as i love you diana and jessie, i am fairly sure you wouldn't be saying, "you know, let's just salute our new commander in chief", and i respect that. yeah, my man lost, and yeah, i am still upset.
so here's another thing-- i can't say i'm a very patriotic person. i like living in a country that allows me to live comfortably, be fairly safe in my everyday life, and get a decent education. a lot of the things i whine about, such as not getting into the colleges i want, and not being able to be exquisitely rich and famous, are things i couldn't do anywhere else anyway. capitalism and democracy have shaped our country into a very unique and extraordinarily successful and powerful nation. i am glad my grandparents came over here because otherwise i would be a farmer in poland or something.
HOWEVER. the beauty of our country is that we are allowed to disagree! we are welcome to express our different opinions, and actually vote for things and have a say in what goes on. if all of those of us who lost the election just left, well would that really be interesting anymore? i can say i'd have an easier time doing what i want if everyone was a democrat, but most of the time i can get along with my good friends, many of whom are republican. yes, we have our disagreements, especially at a time like this, in which i am cold-hearted and can honestly wish to cut myself off from them forever, but the thing here is to appreciate people for who they are, and not their political beliefs, and allow people to celebrate or fume as long as they are not infringing on my own life.
all i can hope at this point is that mr. bush will make the right decisions in the next four years and that no one i love will have to go to war. i will never love Big Dub, but the assasination plots i was thinking about last night... i think it's pretty safe to say they won't go through. i respect the history that our nation has sprung out of, i respect the position of commander in chief, and bush has a friendly looking face i guess, but i can't say i really respect HIM.
it's true-- i dont run around talking about how i love this country and only buy freedom fries. i could just as easily live anywhere else, but this is the country i have grown up in, that has forged my personality and my belief system. and shit, i really like money, so yay for capitalism i guess.
and my god people, our state is a mitten. is that not reason enough to like our country at least a little bit??
so i am one of the people who conservative people have been bitching about all day. yes, i said some rash things that i didn't necesarilly mean, but i hope that people can have some understanding and realize that they would be very upset to if a candidate that they strongly believed in did not win. politics in general and especially this election are very very important to me and i invested a lot of energy into learning about the candidates and making sure i was making the right decision and trying to have calm discussions with people about what i thought, and coming from a very politically involved and liberal family, it was very upsetting for me. i just hope that before people start flipping out at me on their journals that they consider what they would feel like. as much as i love you diana and jessie, i am fairly sure you wouldn't be saying, "you know, let's just salute our new commander in chief", and i respect that. yeah, my man lost, and yeah, i am still upset.
so here's another thing-- i can't say i'm a very patriotic person. i like living in a country that allows me to live comfortably, be fairly safe in my everyday life, and get a decent education. a lot of the things i whine about, such as not getting into the colleges i want, and not being able to be exquisitely rich and famous, are things i couldn't do anywhere else anyway. capitalism and democracy have shaped our country into a very unique and extraordinarily successful and powerful nation. i am glad my grandparents came over here because otherwise i would be a farmer in poland or something.
HOWEVER. the beauty of our country is that we are allowed to disagree! we are welcome to express our different opinions, and actually vote for things and have a say in what goes on. if all of those of us who lost the election just left, well would that really be interesting anymore? i can say i'd have an easier time doing what i want if everyone was a democrat, but most of the time i can get along with my good friends, many of whom are republican. yes, we have our disagreements, especially at a time like this, in which i am cold-hearted and can honestly wish to cut myself off from them forever, but the thing here is to appreciate people for who they are, and not their political beliefs, and allow people to celebrate or fume as long as they are not infringing on my own life.
all i can hope at this point is that mr. bush will make the right decisions in the next four years and that no one i love will have to go to war. i will never love Big Dub, but the assasination plots i was thinking about last night... i think it's pretty safe to say they won't go through. i respect the history that our nation has sprung out of, i respect the position of commander in chief, and bush has a friendly looking face i guess, but i can't say i really respect HIM.
it's true-- i dont run around talking about how i love this country and only buy freedom fries. i could just as easily live anywhere else, but this is the country i have grown up in, that has forged my personality and my belief system. and shit, i really like money, so yay for capitalism i guess.
and my god people, our state is a mitten. is that not reason enough to like our country at least a little bit??