happy/sad
Going to my polling place today made me really happy and proud of our democracy. I felt a lot brighter about it than I had in a long time. As the night wore on, I felt worse and worse. And it had nothing to do with who won. The concession and acceptance speeches both emphasized (elequantly and importantly in my mind) the importance of different beliefs in America. One of the few things McCain did right in his campaign was stress his voting with Republicans and Democrats.
People aren’t stupid just because they disagree with you. People aren’t less American because they disagree with you. In fact, people are more democratic for doing so. Remember when a few years ago lefties brought out the “Dissent is American” pins?
Yeah they still apply to the minority even if you aren’t in it.
2 Comments so far
1. Grace wrote on November 5th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Well, some of the people who disagree with me really are stupid…
But yeah, you’re right, of course.
2. jenny wrote on November 5th, 2008 at 8:17 am
I agree, some of them are probably stupid, but not NECESSARILY just because of their state’s voting record. But as you will no doubt agree, the fact that someone lives in a state which did not go majority Obama does not make them stupid. It does not make those people bad Americans, and it does not mean we should break those states off into another country, as I heard many people say last night.
I just don’t get how being divisive is useful. It isn’t from either side.
Anyone out there calling people “bad Americans” for disagreeing with them doesn’t really get the idea the country was founded on, imo.