There are still many conversations right now about the people who are so upset and revolting about President Obama's request to speak for a few minutes to shcool children about studying and working hard.
It is stunningly stupid.
Stunningly ignorant.
Stunningly irresponsible.
Whatever happened to respect for the office of President?
Even when the second President Bush was in office, we on the left gave him the respect of the office. We just put videos of him speaking on You Tube and let that speak for itself.
We didn't tell our children to specifically not listen to--or respect--the highest office in the land, the President of the United States.
Worst of all, we certainly didn't show up at his speeches and appearances with guns on our hips or shoulders.
Fortunately, to my knowledge, this hadn't happened in the history of our country. If it did, it didn't happen in the last several decades.
And this is why rebelling against this President in the ways these people have been and are is not just irresponsible or stupid or ignorant.
It's incendiary.
And it's hard to believe this is not born of hatred and ugly, pure racism.
It is decidedly not good for the country.
It is decidedly unhealthy for the country's current existence and ongoing future.
I'm not saying the sky is falling, by any means but it is the opposite of productive.
Far from it.
We should, all of us, calmly and intelligently discuss our problems and possible solutions and we just don't seem to be doing anything productive like that, most of us.
Link to story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/opinion/05sat2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
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