Mein Gott in Himmel
Oct. 10th, 2008 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumI think I just chased a couple of people out of the Peet's I'm in. They were talking politics, basically encouraging each other in their support of McCain. Which was whenI heard her (early twenties, still living at home, going to college; but ready to be done with it) say, "He's such an amazing orater, but I'm not sure he believes what he says, and that's really scary, because that's how Hitler came to power"
Which led to me to pay more attention... and when I heard her praising Palin, and saying she wanted to ask Obama supporters how they could compare the experience of the two... I went over and told them how and why.
The shocking thing... when I listed the qualification, including eight years in the Illinois Senate, and the con-law professorship and the Editor of the Harvard Law Review... she thought I was listing Palin's credits.
When I said that was Obama, and listed her failings in Wasilla, her companion (mid-twenties, male) said, "Well I guess you know who you're votong for."
They didn't look all that pleased when I said, "I was only anwering the question you asked," and went back to my work.
And they gathered up their things and left.
Which led to me to pay more attention... and when I heard her praising Palin, and saying she wanted to ask Obama supporters how they could compare the experience of the two... I went over and told them how and why.
The shocking thing... when I listed the qualification, including eight years in the Illinois Senate, and the con-law professorship and the Editor of the Harvard Law Review... she thought I was listing Palin's credits.
When I said that was Obama, and listed her failings in Wasilla, her companion (mid-twenties, male) said, "Well I guess you know who you're votong for."
They didn't look all that pleased when I said, "I was only anwering the question you asked," and went back to my work.
And they gathered up their things and left.
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Re: Thanks!
Date: 2008-10-12 12:45 am (UTC)Which is why we have the need for a "melting pot", and the British are so, well, British.
Once that sense of trust in the rest of the voters is lost, the nation will have to change, usually for the worse. I ponder leaving the US. Not because I am so dispirited by the presence of Bush, et al., in office, but because of the rabid dogs being unleashed to keep them there. The othering of those who aren't white Xtianists is scary, and is the sort of thing to dissolve the bonds of poltity.
Since I want to have children, and to have them live in a place I think civil, staying here may become something I don't want to do... not for me, but for them.