Comments | bugfish: My Patriotism

bugfish

My Patriotism

Oct 28, 2008 19:03

You know what I'm tired of seeing? People saying that if Obama wins the election, it will destroy this country or destroy the very fabric of democracy. This is a ridiculous, hateful claim inspired by fear ( Read more... )

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luckycee October 29 2008, 01:15:20 UTC

I like it.

You know what worrying does for you? Not a damned thing.

bugfish October 29 2008, 02:41:33 UTC

Worrying does do one thing for me. It helps me stay awake. Even at night when I want to sleep!

derylykt October 29 2008, 03:15:22 UTC

Did you watch The Daily Show last night? Did that trigger this?

I am in agreement with you. Although a McCain win certainly will make it harder for political satirists. Truth be told, though, there will still be dumb people aplenty to mock in this country. . .

derylykt October 29 2008, 03:16:13 UTC

I meant an Obama win will make it harder for satirists. . . Tired, twins, rehearsals. . .

Please forgive my slip of the keyboard.

bugfish October 29 2008, 03:29:23 UTC

Somehow I knew what you meant, even though you typed the wrong name!

dasubergeek October 29 2008, 03:20:53 UTC

*applause*

Bravo! Bravo!

You'd think they'd all had private FUD lessons in Redmond.

Also, the "IF $PERSON WINS I'M MOVING TO $COUNTRY" people need to just give up and move to $COUNTRY because we don't want them here anymore, kthxbye.

bugfish October 29 2008, 03:34:40 UTC

I love the "I'm moving to Canada" shtick.

Like they are just sitting there longing for a bunch of foreigners to come and try to take their jobs.

Maybe it's because I'm right by a heavily used U.S./Canada border, but I always want to ask, "How many points do you have?"

dasubergeek October 29 2008, 03:48:32 UTC

I personally have 79 points even without a job offer... but I like it here.

jaime29 October 29 2008, 04:35:26 UTC

you get thunderous applause from me too, Nathaniel. And i would add a corollary: no matter which one of them wins, i'll be surprised if more than a month goes by when we aren't filleting them for something they did or didn't do.

bangping October 31 2008, 07:07:02 UTC

Thank you for an excellent post - roane sent me here ( ... )

bugfish October 31 2008, 20:17:29 UTC

You're right of course. But trust me, what you are talking about isn't the kind of hysteria I was reacting to. For one thing, it's coherent and well-thought.

My gripe was more about the comments I see users posting after news stories. One liners like "if X wins, it will be the end of democracy" and stuff like that.

There is no doubt that a pres can do a lot of damage (see out the window, for example), and the longest reaching would be the Supreme Court appointees. I'm just trying to hope that the worst-case scenario is longer-lasting damage like you describe. And, of course, that the Republicans will be handed their asses so that they will rise up against the WAY right, so that even when they win, it doesn't suck TOO bad.