Political Bullying

Is anyone else disturbed by the surge of hatred in this country? It is one thing to disagree on the issues and engage in an animated debate, but we have far exceeded those boundaries. Regardless of which side of the political fence you find yourself on, personal attacks should be denounced. This is childhood bullying run amuck! According to Webster’s Dictionary, the very essence of bullying means to treat abusively, to affect by means of force or coercion, to use browbeating language or behavior. Anyone notice this tactic in recent politics? What happened to the old adage, ‘we’ll have to agree to disagree’?

Maybe I am not striving to be included with the ‘in’ crowd. After all, the ‘in’ crowd from high school hailed smoking dope and hooking up as the requirements for fitting in. It certainly does not appear to have changed much with age. Ask yourself, isn’t Hollywood the epitome of the ‘popular’ czars of high school? The arrogant crowd that looks down their noses at those who do not have vats of money, as if, the amount of money you have somehow reflects your level of intelligence. Hollywood in and of itself debunks that theory.

I am all for spirited debates over the issues; however, if you fail to persuade me to agree with your point of view, that does not justify personal attacks. Personal attacks merely show a lack of maturity, wisdom, and class. We have people literally willing to kill others because they disagree with their political affiliations. How did we end up here? You buy into the man-made global warming hype? Great, but I do not. Does that authorize you to belittle me, threaten me, or attempt to force me to accept it? You believe it is a woman’s right to choose to terminate the life of a baby? Well, that is on you, but I believe the opportunity to choose came much earlier. We BOTH have the right to disagree, but neither have the right to harm one another because of our views.

The media portrays conservatives as bigoted, racist, sexist, greedy hate-mongerers. Talk radio accuses liberals of being lying, elite, opportunistic, irresponsible, hypocritical cheats. Guess what? Bigots, racists, sexist, greedy, hate-mongering, lying, elite, opportunistic, irresponsible, hypocritical cheats live on both sides of the aisle. It is our responsibility to weed those cancers out. Enough! I don’t want nor need one candidate to mis-educate me on another candidate. All I want and need is to hear what the candidate plans to do and once elected, simply do it!

As Americans it is time to step back and seriously consider the state of our country and its leaders. Why is it that the cart is leading the horse? And why does the cart reek of horse feces? We have settled back, gotten comfortable, and allowed politicians to tell us how we are going to be governed. Folks, the truth is that we employ them! All of them! Who will you hire/dismiss this November?