When I started this blog I swore that I would be open respectful of everyone’s opinion, and would do my best to promote a civil debate, without over-committing to either the left or the right. However, as I immerse myself more and more in the world of political news and blogs, I am beginning to fear that that is an impossible dream.
I agree with conservatives on a few issues. The issues I disagree on, I still sympathize and try to see the reasons why someone take such a view. Many true conservative ideas are very attractive and have the potential to be beneficial. The problem is that United States does not have a Conservative party.
The Republican Party has turned into the Anti-Obama Machine. They celebrate his every failure. Indeed, they even try to spin his achievements, although few so far, as failures. Paul Krugman wrote an in Opinion Piece on how the Republican Party adjusts their views on Medicare to work against Obama’s Healthcare Overhaul. Not only that, but many things that Obama had no control over have been attributed to him as his failures, the economic depression for one. And that’s not even the worst.
The petty lies and rumors that go around are just terrible. At this point people just use any negative political connotation they know to describe him. A Nazi.. Socialist.. Communist.. Muslim.. Terrorist.. I question how many actually know what each of those things is and stands for. I would not be surprised if before long someone calls him a cannibal or a pedophile. The level of disrespect is stunning. How many of us would call our neighbor that? Or our co-worker? Obama isn’t that different from them.
The most disappointing thing about all this is that it’s the self-respecting, church going Americans who add to this. You don’t have to agree of like his views, but is it that difficult to respect enough not to call him a Nazi?
