I made a mistake yesterday. While driving the office’s pool car, I grew bored of the sports talk radio show that I usually listen to, and decided to try the pre-programmed stations of the car. Within an hour of listening to talk radio, I was told that, because of my political views: I hate America, I want the United States destroyed, I want democracy to fail, I want to oppress Christians, I want the social fabric of America to be rent apart, I want to destroy the family, and I want thousands of U.S. troops to die.
Wow, I’m a busy guy. Who knew?
So, a quick word to conservative talk radio “personalities”, especially Eileen Byrne, Dennis Prager, and Rush Limbaugh:
I do not hate America, I love it.
I do not want America destroyed, I want it to be a beacon in a dark world.
I do not want democracy to fail, I want it to flourish, but I do not believe America has the right to violently invade countries in the name of democratization.
I do not want to oppress Christians, I want a proper separation of church and state.
I do not want to destroy the social fabric, I want it strengthened by the recognition of the value of diversity.
I do not want to destroy families, I want to strengthen them by recognizing the right of homosexuals to marry.
I do not want U.S. troops to die, I want each and everyone of them to return home safely and to be treated well by our government.
The sooner we can stop with the brainless demonization of those who disagree politically with you, the sooner we can start building a better, stronger, more united country. So stop spreading lies about what I want, stop protraying yourselves as victims of some massive liberal plot, and stop with the creation and destroying of strawmen to get ratings. And, lest anyone get the wrong idea, this rant can easily be directed to liberals like Dio who engage in the same fanatical, unthinking hatred of the “opposition”. But, thank God, Dio does not have a talk radio show.
And, just so you know, I re-programmed all the stations to NPR. It’s the little victories that matter so much.