brief political rant

[rm]

Telling me that you know a gay person who likes Palin and that I should therefore calm down about your voting decision that you seem to be waving in my face as some bizarre display of supposed intellectual superiority does not, in any way, make you less obnoxious or less of a bigot. Similarly, bandying about your wild and crazy past does not, in any way, make your casual desire to restrict my freedoms less sinister. And finally, while it may not be personal to you, it's personal to me.

The Republicans keep framing this election in militaristic terms, so let me spell it out for you in words you can understand. You may be in this fight because you like to fight; more power to you. Believe it or not, I really get it. I wish I could be in this fight just for the frivolities of my nature too; might be fun. But I can't.

Elections like this are a fight for my life. And if you think that's hyperbole? Congrats on the luxury.

Comments

[blackbird-song.livejournal.com]

Excellent points. I find it disturbing that fewer and fewer people recognize that every time they try to restrict another person's freedom, they are also fighting to restrict their own and that of people they do or will love, often in ways that will bite them where and when they least expect it.

This election is personal for me, as well, in so many ways that it's hard for me to enumerate them in a comment. However, even if my own life (a) could be lived in isolation and (b) wouldn't be directly affected by the results of this thing, I'd still have friends and family members whose lives are directly affected in potentially lethal ways by the hateful and restrictive decisions of those in power. I hope that the Democrats regain the plot sooner rather than later, and reach the people in the middle. Right now, they've failed to recognize Palin's frame-change of this election, and that is a disastrous oversight.

Catherine