DEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, PATRICK SWAYZIE. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTRESS, FARAH FAWCETT. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE SINGER, MICHAEL JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN.
Both of whom are "Christians." I said nothing when my sister-in-law posted it, because we were on the outs several years ago and that was fun for no one, particularly my brother. And, being a good sister, I'm trying to avoid passing any sort of judgement on my sister-in-law that could possibly lead to that situation again. However. When my cousin posted this, I could not resist, and commented:
Glad you're basically asking God to kill people. Just so you know, that's not really nice
Um. Yeah. I get that some people may not like Obama. Personally, I don't have a problem with him. People can bitch (pardon my French) about the economy all they want, but it was like this before he got into office. And to be uber-political: I like the idea that the poor lady down the street who has no job because of disability might one day be able to get in to see a doctor and get some medicine that she needs at an affordable price thanks to a nation-wide health plan. Excuse me for loving my neighbor.
Don't they realise they are negating everything they supposedly believe in (democracy, religion, the Bible, government of the people, for the people, by the people) by publicly announcing this nonsense?
I suppose this is one of those things I shall never understand.
Edited to add my current Facebook status:
I may not agree with your beliefs. I may not agree with your politics. I may not even like you very much. But at least I won't ask for the Divine to come down and kill you. Amen.
Good post. There is a lot of hate coming from the far right these days. Most of it has racial undertones. It troubles me the direction this countries political scene is headed. Keep standing up for whats right. X.
ReplyDeleteMy in-laws are all very conservative and I run into this issue with them as well. My husband's 17 year old niece is in a church youth group who meets and talks about how wrong homosexuality is and she posts about it on Facebook all the time. Depending on my mood, I may or may not comment back. Facebook is a weird bird. However, when I am face to face with someone and they make a statement that is horribly derogatory to someone's race/sexual orientation/religion or otherwise, you can be damn tootin' there's a "conversation" about it. Like Bogaman said, just keep on speaking up for what you believe in. Sometimes our voices plant a seed that doesn't germinate in someone's head for months or even years, however to remain silent is as much as agreeing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your replies! She replied saying it was a joke, and her last couple of statuses have been very passive aggressive (something like "guess I'm well on my way to making everyone mad at me!") And, yes, innanasstar, FB is a weird bird indeed.
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