brief political rant

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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.

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Heh. I just posted this on another journal. It seems apt here.



I don't think they're [McCain/Palin] stupid. But in most cases, most politicians are evil.

I consider them evil in the sense that they are addicted to power and will do a great deal to achieve it. Some will even murder. Most of the time however, they will submit to the powers of vested, usually corporate, interests and will lie - or spin-doctor - their way from making decisions which are factually and morally sound. Others will seek to impose their own narrow worldview upon the lives of others without their consent.

Because they are addicted to power.

I sincerely believe that McCain and Palin belong to type I and type II of the aforementioned addicts. McCain's mongering dishonesty (insightful if you can stomach watching it through to the end) just strikes me as utterly abhorrent for a person of public office. Palin is... well, just too strange.

And yes, I am more than prepared to say this sort of thing for my side of politics.

As for Obama... well, I want him to be the change that he says he is. Doubtless he will be far from perfect, but I trust him more than I trust his opponents.