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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Is it Just him, or is it All Liberals?

By: Lori


Do you remember the Sound of Music? I'm sure everyone remembers the lyrics...."what do you do with a problem like Maria?" Well..... what do we do with a problem like a Liberal?

Once upon a time I met a guy online. At first, after a few friendly emails, he seemed nice .... and then one morning I woke up to my email box filled with liberal hate mail. "Hmmmm....", I thought, "I guess this won't work." I politely sent him a note informing him that we probably wouldn't get along, and wished him well on his quest to find whatever he was looking for.

Did it work? No. He wrote me back and told me that I got him mad. I didn't really care, I just wanted to be left alone and was silently thanking God that I hadn't told him where I lived or shared a phone number. Yes, I've met some strange people online. It totally amazes me how some people in this world get so utterly consumed by things, that they feel the need to ram it down people's throats thinking that their views are the 'only' views and we should all convert or be damned!

A few days later, more mail. Obviously he was ignoring my request to be removed from his list. hmmmm.
I ignored the mail. A week later, more mail, but this time picking on Glenn Beck and his Restoring Honor Rally. Gee, what's wrong with honor? Hatred for Glenn? Yes I know many people who think he's full of it, but I've learned so much about history from him, and when he began investigating the czars and uncovering so much corruption, I was amazed. So, I thought about the emails I had received, got upset and responded. But I didn't respond to just him. I responded to his entire list hoping that he would get really mad and remove me. What happened after that was a surprise!

I firmly believe that with every action there is a reaction. What I didn't expect was the wonderful mail I received from his friends and family. I love making new friends and it was a joy to receive such nice and supportive emails. Not surprisingly, I also received another angry email from "him". It really made me curious to know why Liberals are so angry all the time. I have many Liberal friends but we follow the old rules.....stay away from talking about politics and religion so we don't get into arguments. We're close friends. I have family members who are Liberal. Very Liberal. And we too, stay away from the heated conversations. I never got into politics that much, as I was too busy raising my son, working hard at my jobs and trying to make it in this crazy world. But....I'm happy. Or trying to be. Yes, I'm scared of the future, more so for my son than for myself at this point.

But why are they so angry? Why do they get their feathers ruffled if we dare to respond. I think the funniest thing is replying with facts and logic while they go off on name calling and blaming everybody else. haha! I laugh at the Mainstream Media who bashes and blames and shouts political incorrectness, or their old favorite.....the race card. If we're mad at all the spending.....we're racist. Hmmmm....what does one have to do with the other? If 60 percent of the country doesn't want a mosque.....we're being Islamaphobic. We get lied to about the health care bill, and yep, we're back to being racist. gee.... What Happened to America?

What has caused all this anger? What has caused all of "his" anger? What has caused all this divide? I've never seen so much division in this country. After living through the 60's and the racial tension, it seemed to subside. Now it's everywhere we turn. But it's so much worse. The division between the red vs. blue, black vs. white, Muslim vs. Christian, Illegals vs. everybody, rich vs. poor, Capitalism vs. Socialism/Communism and the list goes on and on. Now it's friend vs. friend. Hell, I know a couple that got divorced because they didn't agree politically. What? I've met some people who are already off the grid. Many have places to hide when the SHTF. What? Why? People are scared. They're losing the American dream and fear that there is no future anymore.

I'm no expert on politics. I was part of the sleeping Giant. I just wanted to survive and live. Just before the Presidential elections, I started reading and watching what everyone was saying. I'm no racist but I didn't feel that either candidate had the qualifications to run the land. After the elections, all hell broke loose! If we were on the Titanic before the elections, this administration will surely sink us!


And so we return to the person who keeps sending me email that I don't want or agree with. It seems that in the wee hours of the night when this person obviously can't sleep, he searches the internet for what I call screwed up news so he can send it to his 'list.' Sad that this person can't sleep. Obviously he's too angry to have peace of mind. And I often wonder why Liberal people have to call other people names so they can feel that they have the upper hand, and that we will all bow down and cower at the disgusting names. ha! Sticks and stones, baby! In the past 2 years I've been called so many names, that all I can do is laugh now. Someone close to me once said that I was on the 'dark side.' Dark side? gee. Why?

I have two eyes and two ears, and I see and hear what's happening......all on my own. I see a repeat of history. I see the children getting propagandized by the distortions written in the history books. I see the government pitting the rich against the poor. I have clients losing their small businesses because they are being taxed to death. I see regulations and more laws squeezing the living breath out of the core of this land. I see politicians getting richer while they push us into poverty. Why do we have to watch our carbon footprints while they fly all over the world, or build mansions that use more electricity than our yearly salary? hmmm? Billions of our dollars spreading lies and deceptions.

Divided we fall.


To the person who sends me the hate email, I wish he would go away. But the odds are that he won't. Apparently his anger outweighs any respect for me. His hatred of Conservative viewpoints urges him to follow the leaders who are laughing all the way to the bank, as they get richer off our tax dollars. (He is included too, but he hasn't figured that out yet.) The whole political spectrum is chaos and fraud. His idol, Michael Moore, has the nerve to curse Capitalism while he has made millions from his movies. His hatred of America, and his ideas to fix it, would bring us to our knees. Holy Hypocrite!

I believe in teaching a man how to fish in lieu of handing out all the freebies at our expense. Those freebies are merely for buying their votes, so they can sit back, do nothing and curse the people who have money and nice cars that they WORKED for. And they will be urged to vote for the people who keep handing out the freebies!

I could go on and on about all the chaos in the world, and I'm sure that I will in future rants. But to the guy who sends the emails, I won't call him names. I won't wish him any ill will. When time allows, I will respond to his ridiculous emails. He should know by now that he won't convert me, and if he thinks he'll have the last word, he won't. He'll continue on with his raging anger in his little world, while the rest of us pursue happiness. And believe me, Happiness is what life is all about.

And that's my rant for today! :-)


Lori



5 comments:

  1. Hello Lori,

    What an outstanding article...
    I would not say this is a rant, rather an articulate and well thought out response to some items that are on your mind.

    Congratulations on an excellent posting... :-)

    ...and a STAR is born.

    IT Man

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  2. Hi George,
    I'm waiting for your new article.
    In the meantime you can check out my blog. It was neglected for a while but still OK. http://theantisemite.blogspot.com Don't be afraid - just put your helmet on...

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  3. Lori,
    Interesting article, but I feel the need to comment. I don't think this anger you talk about is only a liberal issue. I don't listen to talk radio often, but the last time I visited my parents they had it on quite a bit. It was all right wing hosts and I was shocked to hear the anger and hate coming from their mouths. Name calling galore - I couldn't believe it. At times it sounded to me like a child throwing a tantrum.
    So no - this is not only a liberal problem. I think the problem is with anyone on either extreme. Liberals AND right wing. There's a lot of anger on BOTH sides. I wish more people would realize there is a middle ground.

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  4. Hi Devorah, Thank you for your comments! And you're right about both extremes. I was writing more about my own personal experiences and all the names that I've been called when politics is the subject line. Whenever I submitted facts about an issue, I was countered with a long repertoire of names. I would love to see a better middle ground so we could all come together as One Nation. And curious to know why our President called us 'enemies?' Aren't we all Americans? hmmmm....
    Hope you have a Great Day! Lori

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  5. Ah Lori ~ it's not just him...and it's not "all Liberals" ~ I'm so sorry for your experience. Meh -- I guess, by your definitions here, I'd be a "Liberal" (though I do not categorize myself as such for any number of reasons). I know plenty of "Conservatives" who behave this way also, honestly. I have oodles of them in my family. *chuckle* Frustrating and just SUCH a waste of time. *nod*

    In my case, my uncle and my dad are the culprits ~ and the ONLY reason they get away with it is because I love them both dearly, no matter how I disagree with them politically. Prior to the past presidential election, I can't tell you HOW many nasty (I mean REALLY nasty) emails from "Conservatives" I received, and I suppose since I never replied to them, and assumption of agreement was made...I really don't know. (Truth, I don't generally forward feel-good or political emails - when it comes to forwarding, I stick to the neutral funnies - I don't have much time for forwarding all the crap that floods my inbox...I'd never get *anything* done...that said, I did plenty of debunking to "Liberal" friends of mine who sent me anti-Bush email ~ but it was when I started sending debunking messages to "Conservative" friends who were sending anti-Obama mail, that's when my "soup pot tempests" began ~ *heavy sigh* ~ even lost a friend of more than 20 years...and over disagreements in POLITICS!! MEH ~ and it was that situation that compelled me to start a new blog - with this entry being the opener: http://therearethornstoo.blogspot.com/2009/08/troubled-somewhat-by-hypocrisy.html) ~

    I assure you, not all of us are like that. I've got really terrific friends at all ends of the political spectrum, and I would *never* deliberately disrespect my friends on the "Conservative" side. Except maybe my uncle - but in that, it isn't disrespect -- it's the long-standing, familial button-pushing that he & I are both prone to with each other. ;)

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