Unpopular Political Opinions on the Internet? It's Likelier Than You Think!

[tonguesintrees]

This post contains what is most certainly an unpopular political opinion. I don't often talk about politics here (or anywhere, for that matter) but I feel like I need to say this

Comments

[momebie]

I'm with you, mostly. And today I'm extra glad that I don't check facebook with any regularity. Someone on my flist posted Obama's speech, which I watched, and underneath posted a 'riot' being held at Penn State. I had a great mix of feelings watching the footage of thousands of kids chanting and singing over this singular victory. Most of them were purposefully removed, because mob logic has always kind of terrified me, regardless of the issue at hand.

[tonguesintrees]

mob logic has always kind of terrified me, regardless of the issue at hand

This, I think, is a large part of what I find so disturbing about everyone's attitude in this situation. And it's kind of scary to disagree with the majority.

[celtprincess13]

I find it disheartening, disgusting, and not the least bit surprising that American patriotism boils down to championing the loss of human life. That the same people who not three days ago scoffed at, mocked, and dismissed a wedding they deemed irrelevant to their lives simply because they could not be bothered to turn off their television sets, are now almost certainly glued to news coverage of the death of a man considered public enemy number one.

Thank the good lord I don't believe in, I'M NOT ALONE! *clings*

I thought maybe I was the only one who might be thinking, "damn, maybe we shouldn't be this happy." Yes, ok, he caused an enormous loss of life. Should he have been punished for that? Of course. But to glory in his death is, I think, an invitation to invite something even worse down on your head. So no, I won't be dancing in the streets

[tonguesintrees]

But to glory in his death is, I think, an invitation to invite something even worse down on your head.

This is actually something I hadn't yet considered, but it brings up an interesting point. How many times has it been proven that this country and its people are not invulnerable to the actions of other militaries, world leaders, various sorts of attacks, what have you? How many more times will the rest of the world try to prove it before we get it?

Also, with you on the Twitter thing. The Americans I follow on Twitter have much the same attitude as the people I am friends with on Facebook, and my non-American Twitter friends (and FB friends, for that matter!) are quite silent about the issue.

[celtprincess13]

This is actually something I hadn't yet considered, but it brings up an interesting point.

The woman I work with is one of those people who seems to take great joy in other people's misfortunes. So I think that kind of thing is more noticeable to me because I'm getting it all the time. And I always think to myself that one of these days, karma is going to bite her right in the ass.

I really, really try hard not to be that way. I don't want to wish anything on someone else that might come back around to haunt me.

[tonguesintrees]

I will never, ever understand people who truly revel in the thought of other people being marginalized, beaten down, silenced, hurt, etc. As you said - karma.

[rochelle]

I completely agree.

[tonguesintrees]

I really appreciate you saying so. I know it's far from a popular opinion, so the fact that you will agree, with your name attached to it, is kind of a big deal.

[anonymous]

Your dismay at the celebration of the death of this individual mirrors my own.

[tonguesintrees]

I very much appreciate you saying so, most especially if you have nowhere else to express your opinion without inviting drama into your life.

[anonymous]

I like what PZ Meyers had to say about it.
While it's necessary to stop terrorists, sometimes with violence, it is barbarous to gloat over the execution of an enemy. I find the chanting crowds cheering over the corpse disturbing, and the triumphal tone of our leaders is misplaced. We killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and threw away trillions of dollars, and our trophy is the bloody corpse of one old man? There's no victory in that.

[tonguesintrees]

A thousand times, YES. That is worded infinitely better than what I've attempted here, but I could not agree more!

Thank you for the link, and I do apologize that your comment was initially screened - Livejournal are not automatically posting comments with links in them, but I will double check my settings to make sure I do all I can to allow them.

[anonymous]

No worries, I figured it was because of the link. I don't usually post anon so I totally forgot that linking doesn't work. :)

I've been pretty much silent about this because as a non-American I feel like I'm a bit of an outsider - so many very strong feelings involved. Hence posting anon this time.

[tonguesintrees]

I have changed my settings to allow comments with links now, so hopefully that's taken care of.

You know, I don't blame you posting anonymously as a non-American, but I wish I was hearing more from the non-Americans here and on Facebook and on Twitter. I'm always curious as to how the US is perceived in situations such as this, but I don't want some news outlet to tell me. I appreciate you sharing your opinion, whether anon or logged in.