Obama's Media Obsession Is A Symptom

The Obama White House stance on Fox News and the blogosphere is nothing new. It's just the most recent symptom of the biggest problem with liberalism. It's a reminder of how liberals operate in all things. Obama isn't the only one with a neverending campaign... it's the definition of liberalism.

Here's the problem, in a nutshell: They can't just get their way and be satisfied. Oh, no. They can't win, get their validation, and go on with grace about their business. They must transform. They must alter reality. It has to be an absolute metaphysical CONVERSION to the tenets of liberalism.

Many folks feel like, "We know, we know... you WON. Now could you please shut up about getting the job and DO the job?" But that isn't the way it works. They've never even pretended that's the way it works. There are countless examples.

Abortion. It isn't enough that abortion is legal... And let's be realistic, it's going to stay legal. They still feel the need to fight and march and press on, even though they are well aware it is going to remain legal. That's because legal isn't enough. It must be commonplace. We can't just accept it, we have to celebrate it. Liberals want women who've had an abortion to come out and be proud of their abortions. Legal isn't enough. Socially acceptable isn't enough. We need to raise abortion to a state that is nearly a status symbol.

Homosexuality. Again, it isn't good enough to tolerate homosexuality. It must be embraced. It must be mainstreamed. And worse... We can't just accept the openly gay businessman. We can't just befriend the lesbian couple next door. We can't base our involvement with the gay community on our shared values and our similarities. Not at all. We're also to embrace... uck... the weirdo in the violet chaps and tiara, with his tattooed arse in the breeze as he prances in the pride parade. Never mind that we would not be accepting of a straight person acting like a perverted loon in public. When it comes to homosexuals, the only way to convey equality is to accept the farthest fringe freakshow right along with gay people who are completely normal.

Separation of Church and State. Another link in the pattern. The first amendment protects us from the government proclaiming an official religion while preserving the right of each person to believe and practice pretty much what they like as long as it doesn't infringe on others. But this won't satisfy liberals. They read freedom of religion as freedom FROM religion. Instead of peacefully tolerating all faiths, we must repress ALL faiths... or at the very least, subject them to mockery. (Except, of course, for the one that would react with violence and terror. Them we'll cave in to -- I mean, accept and tolerate.)

Race relations. (Yes, I'm going there.) Liberalism is the worst thing that has ever happened to race relations in America. The civil rights movement was a success. But the rightful end of discrimination did not go far enough. We must go beyond equality to preferential treatment in order to balance the scales. We must assume that anyone not white requires extra points on tests, quotas to ensure employment, crippling social programs to "help" them... We must also accept that to be white is to be inherently racist. And by denying our racist tendencies, we only prove they exist.

This same liberal mindset now applies to President Obama's popularity index. It's not enough that he WON. The President (and his people) can not just ignore his name and image in the media long enough to get their job done. Each bit of unflattering mention must be tracked down and addressed directly. Because we need to love him. We must never doubt his wisdom and good intentions for us. Or if we do, we'd better not express it for fear it may spread. They've narrowed down the dissension to the racists, the ignorant, and those being misled by the news programming they watch. They're denouncing the racists, calling on their community organizations to educate the ignorant, and now they have gone on the offensive against any news outlet not echoing the liberal agenda.

So we need to accept it. They WON. That's right, don't you forget it. They WON, and it isn't enough to accept him. You must deny your own ideas, switch teams and put on the damn purple jersey. We must all join in post-racial bipartisan bliss. The media must report only the glorious Hope&Changery in properly reverent terms while the masses engage in goodthink.

And still... it will never be enough for them.

Feeling Insulted

Sigh....

I'm feeling insulted on a regular basis, and it's really beginning to piss me off.

I am against the current health care proposals. I agree completely that there are problems that need to be fixed. I think every American knows that the system needs to be improved, and most of us think ideally that all Americans should have access to medical care when we need it. But there isn't one proposal that I support completely, and at least one that I am vehemently opposed to. I figure, you don't fix a broken mirror with a hammer.

So... Now we must ask why, right? Why, oh why, can't I see that I am wrong? Don't I realize that these people know what is best for me and are going to do this for my own good? Clearly, there is something wrong with my mind-upbringing-character-soul-intelligence-

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Every day of my life, I get to be insulted. I read in the paper that I'm a racist. I see on the news that I'm an "evilmonger" (whatever the hell that means). Certain blogs have diagnosed me as clinically insane, borderline retarded or both. I learn on the radio that I am a corporate shill, and a zombie spellbound by right-wing commentators. I also have been made aware that I wasn't raised right, I'm not raising my own kids right, and the part of the country where I have always lived only matters to the elected muckety-mucks when they need some poor folks to parade around as evidence they need to do even more good deeds!

Of course, none of this is directed at me personally. And if I were to call any one of these Congress MEMBERS on it, I'm sure that would be their explanation. Why, they don't actually mean ME. Just those other people who - you know - think the exact same way I do.

Well, I'm sick of it.

I am not a racist. It's disgusting that we live in a time when a person feels they have to make such a statement. I am deeply offended every time I hear or read that my views are based on race. Skin color is, by definition, superficial. I don't judge people based on their melanin level, and it infuriates me that anyone would imply that because my own skin is fair my thoughts are not.

I am not an evilmonger. I'm still not even certain what that word means - or if it IS a word.

I am not stupid. I don't need those with a priviledged education to think for me. I'm tired of smarmy, condescending elitists talking down to ordinary people as if we were half-witted toddlers in need of competent care. And I'm at least relatively sure that I'm not insane.

I am not getting paid (unfortunately) by any corporations or insurance insiders.

I am not a ditto-head. Something else I'm not certain is a real word. I don't buy into conspiracy theories. I am not brainwashed by talk radio. Unless I've been so thoroughly programmed that I've forgotten I was programmed.

I am not a card-carrying member of The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. Independent, so I am.

So that means I am being insulted on a regular basis even though I'm more likely to be persuaded by a reasonable argument. Since I don't give a rip about party loyalty, my decisions will be made based on what seems most rational and logical to me in any given issue.

I'll tell you this: I am opposed to the health care reform as currently proposed based on the merits and flaws I see. Alienating me and pissing me off right now is NOT the way to convince me that this nightmare is in my best interests, and I've just about had it with those who seem to think they can verbally bully me into submission. I'm sick to death of being insulted EVERY SINGLE DAY. I will remember this complete lack of civility, manners and mature dialogue for many elections to come. We pay these people to insult us? No more. Not only will I personally vote against anyone I can who talks to their employers so disrespectfully, I will work hard to bring others to my way of thinking.

And I won't do it by insulting anyone.