I’ve been meaning to point this out for a while. I know I will not be able to make it exciting enough for a proper pit thread, but I still feel it needs to be said, and I am about to generally hate on half the country, so it seems to belong in this forum.
How is it that so many ‘SDMB Liberals’ still underestimate the number of hateful retards in this country?
Every day I read at least one comment on this board about the inevitability of Obama’s re-election, or the tide radically changing on social issues, or some other general overconfidence in people’s judgment. In spite of the complete idiocy of the R party, they still enjoy roughly 50% support on just about any issue. Creationism and other religious nonsense, coddling the rich while they fuck the whole country over, corporate personhood, environmental abuse (regardless of the man-made global warming debate, their stance equates to: “pollution is no big deal you sissies!”), bigotry and homophobia, further deregulation in the face of its obvious consequences, voluntary war for the fuck of it, Sarah Palin … on and on and on.
Things that make sane people roll their eyes as if ‘who would fall for such crap?!’… Well don’t roll your eyes so hard guys … cuz literally EVERY OTHER AMERICAN will apparently fall for them time and time again. There is no harebrained bullshit stupid enough that fully half this country won’t get behind it.
It is not just the hick states either. Even liberal CA voted to discriminate against a class of people just a few years ago. What makes anyone so confident that Americans will ever do the right thing? This is a country that RE-elected GWB! Fox News kills the competition.
When I read the Dope, I fight the urge to post all of that as a response to comment after comment each day. ‘You’re welcome’ for me not shitting in every other thread. The latest I just read (but by no means bearing full responsibility for this pitting) is this thread, in which An Arky wonders who was paid off to get the new Obama-bashing movie into theaters. Apparently it never occurred to him/her that there are a *shitload *of stupid assholes out there with wallets. At least one for every thinker among us. Why the hell wouldn’t such a movie be popular? (Nothing personal An Arky, I agree with your distaste for the film and its makers, I just don’t find it surprising that it is as successful as it is, I didn’t feel like shitting in your thread, and my message here applies to sooo many other posts as well.)
Here’s rooting for Obama to win in Nov, but like last time, I am not about to count on it, no matter what Nate says. I’ll be expecting the worst, and pleasantly surprised if he pulls it off again. But it is still going to demonstrate my point … upwards of 48% of Americans are going to vote R, and congress will still be infested. That’s waaay too many fuckups to have so much confidence in America.