I wasn't going to mention anything about this, but today I've reached my breaking point.
I was really hoping that once the election was over, I could get back to reading the blogs of people I normally like without having to wade through the hate and the Bush bashing. I'm starting to resent people like myself who voted for Bush being called stupid, closed minded, you name it. I thought the great thing about this country was that we were allowed to have differing opinions. Do I have to remind everybody that one man will not make or break this country? The founding fathers set up the whole checks/balances thing expressly so that this was the case. I was disappointed as hell that Bill Clinton was elected to not one, but two terms. Did I wail about how the United States was doomed or that people who voted for him were going to hell? NO! I knew I had cast my vote and at that particular time, my choice wasn't what the majority wanted. I sighed and got on with living my life. Our country didn't suffer in the grand scheme of things because of his being in office, either.
The great thing about being an American that we don't have dictators or kings. If we don't like how things are going, we get another chance to change things in four years. Even if you don't like the current president or administration, living in the U.S. is not too damn bad. I'm sick of the people saying they're leaving the country if ______ is elected. Well, leave already. You'll find the grass isn't greener, blah, blah, blah. I wish people would put as much energy into their personal lives and into their communities as they are into spewing hate toward people on the conservative side of the aisle.
All I know is, come next week, some reads on my blogroll might have to be dumped.
I was really hoping that once the election was over, I could get back to reading the blogs of people I normally like without having to wade through the hate and the Bush bashing. I'm starting to resent people like myself who voted for Bush being called stupid, closed minded, you name it. I thought the great thing about this country was that we were allowed to have differing opinions. Do I have to remind everybody that one man will not make or break this country? The founding fathers set up the whole checks/balances thing expressly so that this was the case. I was disappointed as hell that Bill Clinton was elected to not one, but two terms. Did I wail about how the United States was doomed or that people who voted for him were going to hell? NO! I knew I had cast my vote and at that particular time, my choice wasn't what the majority wanted. I sighed and got on with living my life. Our country didn't suffer in the grand scheme of things because of his being in office, either.
The great thing about being an American that we don't have dictators or kings. If we don't like how things are going, we get another chance to change things in four years. Even if you don't like the current president or administration, living in the U.S. is not too damn bad. I'm sick of the people saying they're leaving the country if ______ is elected. Well, leave already. You'll find the grass isn't greener, blah, blah, blah. I wish people would put as much energy into their personal lives and into their communities as they are into spewing hate toward people on the conservative side of the aisle.
All I know is, come next week, some reads on my blogroll might have to be dumped.
Name: LaDonna
