yes, i'll admit it - i fear dumb people - and i don't believe you can be a birther, a tenther or a teabagger without being dumb. there are gradations of idiocy certainly- running the gamut from box-of-rocks dim to choosing-to-be-uninformed dumb to malevolent denial-of-the-truth-despite-the-facts stupid - and all of them apparently listen to some creature called glenn beck, who i had the extreme misfortune to stumble across on the radio the other day while waiting in the car while m was in the grocery. facts, reason, rationality, logic are all anathema to these people. it will require patience and stomach and bravery, evinced by the likes of this man:
whoa, that lady is a dumbass of the extreme proportion!! why is she so dumbasses?
ReplyDeleteI become increasingly afraid that the right will win this debate because when I see people like this woman it just drains me of the will to be an American and fight for what I believe in. Why fucking bother making a thoughtful argument if the other side is just going to act like a bunch of idiots?
ReplyDeletei still firmly believe that the majority of americans think these people are idiots. they just don't say so in polite conversation. isn't that what most of us do??
ReplyDeletei still firmly believe that health care will pass (however diluted) and we will at least begin to see the impact in our own lives.
i really really do.
i have to agree with carrie a little. the woman w/the sign makes my stomach hurt (but since i don't have a job, i don't have health insurance...etc.).
ReplyDeletei also agree w/M. is it just that the idiots are louder? I hope that is the only reason.
shudder.
I'd so like to believe, too, that the majority of Americans think these people are idiots... but, well, I've met a lot of people around this country. I'd like to say that the way the smart and thoughtful people I happen to be lucky enough to hang around with [this sentence is getting a little out of control] - I'd like to say that these people are representative of the rest of the country but... gad, I don't know.
ReplyDelete"Teabaggers can't handle dissent" was a video about the day I took my "Public Option, Now!" sign to the Tea Party. Before there was a Public Option sign, there were Obama signs.
ReplyDeleteI posted a much more upbeat video of thousands of people waiving that sign to celebrate the optimism and joy of the Obama 2008 campaign. I called it "Yes! We Did. Obama 2008 Through the Eyes of a Thousand Supporters. It is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKs4y1YsVoY