POLITICS - Child wears peace symbol, Freepers lose their shit

[silverblue]

So an eleven year old kid wore a peace t-shirt. Admittedly, it is Malia Obama, so almost everything she does is scrutanised, but one would think a peace t-shirt were fairly innocuous. Unfortunately the right wing has decided this is an attack on freedom in America. They have said a number of frankly weird and rather racist things, but I would

Comments

[thaily]

Hallmark should pick up on that.
"Sorry you're surrounded by idiots."-cards.

[hobbitblue]

Um, Obama is in Russia talking about nuclear disarmament, or at least weapons reduction, and the kid is wearing a logo that supports same.. where's the hate, exactly?

[barberio]

I think to these people, that actually makes it worse.

[manna]

It's a shame that there's no way to extract energy from rank stupidity, because that one quote could power the entire world for centuries.

[jazzmasterson]

America would become energy independent so fast, it would send us backwards in fucking TIME.

[damien_wise]

WTF is wrong with that guy? How can anyone equate a peace symbol with a symbol of nazism?

An eleven year old kid wants peace -- what's the problem with that?

[biomekanic]

See, this is what happens when you expect logic and rational thought from people who aren't rational.

[siege]

Call 'em lizards. They're only thinking with their "lizard brain", and not the extra layer of tissue where all the logic and actual thinking gets done.

[turnberryknkn]

Oh, just wait to see what happens if Attorney General Holder goes through with his rumored attempt to actually investigate Bush-era torture.

Let's just say I'm not expecting a calm, reasoned response.

[reyfox]

I imagine whatever response you're thinking of will be drowned out by the sound of everyone marvelling at pigs flying through the skies.

[turnberryknkn]

Actually, the worst part about it all is that there's a case to be argued that our country would be *better* off if we *didn't* launch investigations. If one argues that actually attempting to hold the perpetrators to account would touch off a political firestorm which would sink any attempt to reform health care, pass economic reforms, pass global warming legislation, and protect reporoductive rights -- *all* of which are currently sitting on the congressional floor -- then one asks the very serious question of whether sacrificing all of that is worth bringing our former leaders to account.

Nobody knows the answers here. But it's a sign of how deep the disaster is that our country subjected itself to -- and dragged the world into -- that the question is a reasonable one to ask.