So This is What Obama Supporters Are Like?

On the side of the blog, you can see that I think hate mail is a great topic starter. The message, via Facebook, which I just received is no different.

"Your "anti-obama" group is misnamed. I am more than sure that the president is just a figurehead. He is not promoting communism. Honestly, I think that if the other canidate gets elected that womans rights will go back to what they were 100 years ago. I understand that everyone has their own political views however, when it comes to these elections its a vote between two evils.

Stop being a racist redneck and pull your head out of your ass.


Thanks"

Oh boy, those are some pretty big claims there, so bear with me while I take them down one by one.

"Your "anti-obama" group is misnamed. I am more than sure that the president is just a figurehead. He is not promoting communism."

The admin of "Stop Barack Obama (One Million Strong Against Communism)" and I have both stated that we do not believe Obama is a communist. However, he does have many views that can be traced back to Marxism, socialism, and communism. The group was inherited by CJ from a previous admin, and therefore the name could not be changed. If the author of this message had taken the time to read through the group description, and maybe a post or two, she would have realized that the claim that she was making was ridiculous. And as for the president being a figurehead, there is no possible way she can be "more than sure" that he is a figurehead. A figurehead is someone meant to represent something, but with no actual power. I'm more than sure that the President of the United States of America is NOT a figurehead, and that he is the leader of the executive branch of the government. Unless someone can give me solid proof that the President is a figurehead, I find that claim to be utterly ridiculous.

"Honestly, I think that if the other canidate gets elected that womans rights will go back to what they were 100 years ago."

Can anybody show me McCain's plans for revoking women's suffrage, and all their other rights? I don't think so. I find it odd that the candidate with a female running mate can, at the same time, be the one pushing to strip women of their rights. Is it even possible for someone who respected a woman enough to ask her to run for vice-president alongside him, despite all the "problems" the media is beginning to expose with her personal life, to think she deserves no rights at the same time? That claim is laughable at best.

"I understand that everyone has their own political views however, when it comes to these elections its a vote between two evils."

McCain was not my first choice for the Republican presidential candidate, that would be Rudy Giuliani. However, this election is not an election between two evils. It is an election between views that will benefit the country and views that will help the country into rapid decline. Many people aren't able to determine which side has which of the aforementioned views. I personally believe that most of John McCain's views will benefit the country, while many of Barack Obama's views will only weaken the U.S.A. But as she said, everyone has their own political views.

"Stop being a racist redneck and pull your head out of your ass."

That one sentence was the main reason I decided to rant about this message. For those of you that don't know what a redneck is, like the author of this message, here is the definition according to Dictionary.com:

1. an uneducated white farm laborer, esp. from the South.
2. a bigot or reactionary, esp. from the rural working class.
–adjective
3. Also, red-necked. narrow, prejudiced, or reactionary: a redneck attitude.

Now then, I am far from uneducated, yes I am white, but I am not a farm laborer, and since when was New York in the south? Definition one definitely does not describe me.

I am not intolerant of any opposing beliefs and opinions, and I do not oppose change, I just oppose the bad change Obama offers. So there goes the idea that I'm a bigot and a reactionary. So definition two doesn't fit either.

My views are not narrow and prejudiced, and we already learned that I'm not a reactionary. I'm very open to new ideas, if someone can prove to me that something will work better than something else, I'll accept the idea. I am a conservative because people have proved to me, and I have seen for myself, that many liberal ideas will not work. So there goes definition three.

Now to look into the claim that I am racist. I love that I can have friends among every racial group imaginable, believe that skin pigmentation is not something that should separate people in the world, but the second I refuse to support Barack Obama, who isn't entirely African American himself, I become a racist. For the record, I support John McCain and not Barack Obama because I agree more with McCain's views. If McCain was black I would support him just as much as I do now. As I stated before, race shouldn't matter.

To sum up my reaction to the statement that I am "a racist redneck" and need to "pull [my] head out of [my] ass." I think that the author of the message is the one who needs to pull their head out of their ass, and stop making such outrageous claims because of who I support, don't support and how I choose to voice my opinion until they do their research.

"Thanks"

No no no, thank YOU! Thank you for providing me with this perfect topic starter. Thank you for making me think that many Obama supporters do not know what they're talking about and only vote for this man because they don't want to be labeled as a racist. Thank you for being a complete and total idiot and making it possible for me to tear your hate-mail apart piece by piece. Thank you very, very much.