Three comments before the rant:
A: Please, leave the assholes spouting “Nuke the ragheads” for another thread (I think there’s three of 'em at the moment.) Can we all agree that these reprehensible troglodytes are an embarrassment to their species and then ignore them for the purposes of this one, single thread? It doesn’t matter what others are doing or have done. I wanna rant about one, specific thing.
B: Again, I’ve been stuck listening to talk radio all day (long story, not my idea). I realize that the morons I’m about to rant about are yahoos who are NOT indicitive of the Left-leaning half of the country. Let me be absolutely, totally clear: To my Doper brethren (and sisteren? ) on the Left side of the aisle, I know these assholes DON’T represent you or your philosophies or beliefs. I am NOT trying to tar you with this brush.) I realize that they are to you as the “Nuke the Ragheads” types are to my POV.
C: No, <sigh>, I’m not trying to stifle their freedom of speech. I would oppose any laws banning the type of speech I’m about to rant about. But a consequence of free speech is that people will respond. Consider this my response.
I’m speaking of the asshole-ish “Blame America First (and Israel second)” crowd.
The fact that the US supports Israel does not make the attack “perfectly understandable, if regrettable.”
If you believe that “America and Israel must share the blame for this tragedy!”, then you must agree that a woman who wears short skirts is to blame for being raped.
No, this is not a “wake-up sign for Capitalist America and it’s Zionist puppetmasters that the world will no longer tolerate their corporate terrorism”
And the most obscene thing I’ve heard: Someone claimed that Bush did this (or allowed it to happen) as a method of increasing military funding, a crackdown on freedoms, etc… When the OKC bombing happened, a bunch of nutbars who’re (I’m ashamed to say) nominally on my side of the aisle said exactly the same thing about Clinton: “He let this happen so that he could take away our freedoms and institute more gun-grabbing!” (or the idiot at work who today who said that this all happened because of “Clinton’s incompetence”:rolleyes ). I wasn’t on the boards at the time, but if I have any credibilty here, trust me when I say I ripped into those assholes too.
And even if their point of view had validity (and I don’t think that the four examples I gave have any), now’s not the time for those comments you insensitive fuckers. So, please. since your heads are so far up your asses anyway please, clench your sphincter and strangle yourselves.
Thank you and goodnight.
Fenris