So, my blog mama discusses the impending implosion of the far-right and how they're already turning into the far-left they so despise
Hey, right wingers? You have become the people you hate. You have become everything you screamed at people for being in 2004. You are running around claiming that Obama cheated, lied and bought his way to the White House. Looking around the blogosphere and its comments I see the words slimy, corrupt, devil, Antichrist, communist, evil, Stalin, Lenin, Hitler.
Now, unlike Michele, I didn't support and still do not support Barack Obama and his policies. I believe them to be detrimental to the United States and what it is that makes the US so strong. However, I also realize that it's not Barack Obama that is the US, it is you and me. And unfortunately more people seem to want nebulous change and handouts than there are who want to be left alone to live the American dream.
The problem is that the nastiest, most hateful portions of our society have come out of the woodwork. For the past few years, that has been primarily the left and their hate of all that is even remotely related to conservatives. The right side has their wastes of oxygen too, and now I see some who are ready to start deploying the same tactics that they derided for so long.
I can understand that reaction. It is human to want someone to suffer what you had to suffer in order for them to see the error of their ways. Alas, I don't think that being nasty to the other side will have that effect and will only entrench them further into their sewer pits.
When I was in the Marines, we were taught something along the lines of "kill with one hand, heal with the other". It was ingrained in us that we would fare better in war if we treated our enemies well. When captured, you fed them, kept them safe, and gave them shelter. They would be more willing to go along with you if they knew this was their fate.
The problem with the wings of any political movement is that at some point, you simply become a true believer. Listen and understand. Those wingnuts are out there. They can't be bargained with, they can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and they absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until your side is crushed. Fighting them with the same malice will have no effect. They will still continue to hate you and everything you stand for. Those are not the people you are trying to reach.
The vast majority of Americans do not fit neatly into left vs. right, conservative vs. liberal. It is those people you try to reach with reason and logic. To go off the deep end, hating everything Obama touches is going to have no effect and instead turn you into the very thing you hate.
I will fight every last thing I can coming from this administration that limits liberty. I would have fought against McCain, I've argued against Bush (although now I realize not hard enough), party be damned. Those of us who love liberty and respect private property will always be at a disadvantage as we are only given the opportunity to vote for different flavors of more government, never less. Let's not squander what little advantages we have by being reactively hateful.
Fight. Fight hard. Do not give up. Talk about liberty and freedom to your friends and family. Do not couch it in terms of left vs. right but freedom vs. slavery. Remind people that the more free people are, the more generous they become which has a benefit for the downtrodden that forced charity cannot compare to. Instill in your children the value of hard work. Volunteer your time to help someone in need. And as much as I hate to steal Obama's motto - be the change you seek.
God bless America, still the greatest country that has ever existed on this planet.