I like your opinions. Most of them echo exactly my sentiments about my country. I love America, I love its ideas. But it’s slipping further and further away from what America should be. Or maybe I should just move to Europe because you guys seem to have it more together than we do most of the time. Millions of Americans are very smart, kind, rational human beings. But there IS a special brand of stupid here, I admit that. An unhealthy obsession with religion seems to be the culprit (at least in my opinion).
Sex Ed: So many that rally against it in the U.S. say, “It’s the PARENT’S job to teach their children about sex and it has no place in schools.” Um, yeah, that’d be nice in an ideal world but, as you’ve pointed out already, it’s not an ideal world. And lots of parents just DON’T teach their kids. Or teach them too late. Or they do not talk about birth control. Or they have inaccurate information. America is VERY backwards when it comes to sex and religion plays a huge part in that. My mom didn’t tell me about sex until AFTER I had sex and, even then, didn’t talk to me about birth control at all. Thank goodness I had a great health teacher in school who talked about anything and everything, as well as books and informative friends.
The candidate vs. the party: Americans claim that they vote for the person, not the party (we lie to ourselves quite a bit). However, a vote for McCain IS pretty much a vote for Bush (though with a tad less stupidity, possibly, unless Palin helps run things and then – DISTASTER since she’s a cretin). I liked McCain back in the day when he stood up to Bush but, now…? No. He’s just another Republican drone. And, as a Democrat, I admit there’s a very slim to none chance that I will ever vote for a Republican no matter who it is. So, yeah, we pretty much vote for our party.
Religion in politics: I want it left the FUCK out of politics. But that special brand of stupid? It belongs to the fundie Christians who somehow think we’re a Christian nation (when we’re supposed to have freedom of religion). And they applaud and mist up and cheer when politicians talk about god and Jebus. They love it. They eat that stuff up. My thinking is… if you’re making decisions for millions of diverse Americans of all races, cultures, religions (and some with no religion at all), religion should be left the fuck out of it. It’s wrong my opinion to have religion play a role in a country that is supposed to have freedom of religion. And it’s why I’m so angry about all the furor about gay marriage in our country, trying to overturn Roe Vs. Wade, trying to prevent kids from learning about sex, etc.
And yes, I’m VERY happy that the tide is leaning towards Obama at this point. Thank fuck, indeed (I like that term, I may use it since I never know what to use… “god” sounds like I’m religious and “goodness” sounds too “Gee-isn’t-that-swell”.)
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Sex Ed: So many that rally against it in the U.S. say, “It’s the PARENT’S job to teach their children about sex and it has no place in schools.” Um, yeah, that’d be nice in an ideal world but, as you’ve pointed out already, it’s not an ideal world. And lots of parents just DON’T teach their kids. Or teach them too late. Or they do not talk about birth control. Or they have inaccurate information. America is VERY backwards when it comes to sex and religion plays a huge part in that. My mom didn’t tell me about sex until AFTER I had sex and, even then, didn’t talk to me about birth control at all. Thank goodness I had a great health teacher in school who talked about anything and everything, as well as books and informative friends.
The candidate vs. the party: Americans claim that they vote for the person, not the party (we lie to ourselves quite a bit). However, a vote for McCain IS pretty much a vote for Bush (though with a tad less stupidity, possibly, unless Palin helps run things and then – DISTASTER since she’s a cretin). I liked McCain back in the day when he stood up to Bush but, now…? No. He’s just another Republican drone. And, as a Democrat, I admit there’s a very slim to none chance that I will ever vote for a Republican no matter who it is. So, yeah, we pretty much vote for our party.
Religion in politics: I want it left the FUCK out of politics. But that special brand of stupid? It belongs to the fundie Christians who somehow think we’re a Christian nation (when we’re supposed to have freedom of religion). And they applaud and mist up and cheer when politicians talk about god and Jebus. They love it. They eat that stuff up. My thinking is… if you’re making decisions for millions of diverse Americans of all races, cultures, religions (and some with no religion at all), religion should be left the fuck out of it. It’s wrong my opinion to have religion play a role in a country that is supposed to have freedom of religion. And it’s why I’m so angry about all the furor about gay marriage in our country, trying to overturn Roe Vs. Wade, trying to prevent kids from learning about sex, etc.
And yes, I’m VERY happy that the tide is leaning towards Obama at this point. Thank fuck, indeed (I like that term, I may use it since I never know what to use… “god” sounds like I’m religious and “goodness” sounds too “Gee-isn’t-that-swell”.)