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11/08/2004: "They still won't stop..."
I received a completely galling instant message last night; it seems that some people who are upset with the election results simply cannot let it go and have taken to attacking their own friends who voted the opposite way.
A sorority sister who I have not seen in a long while, but was always on extremely good terms with, decided to send out a message that had obviously been written by someone thinking they were clever and had been circulated through the AOL world by the anti-Bush crowd. The message accused people who voted for Bush (using the term "you" so that it seemed it was directed right at the person reading it) of basically being stupid and irresponsible and for not caring about the future of the nation and simply sitting back and drinking beer bought on their "daddy's credit", or some such nonsense.
As I already noted, I was galled. Is this what it's become? People who, almost a week later, are still so upset that they've taken to attacking their friends and sorority sisters? As I said, I've always been on great terms with this girl and I haven't heard from her in a while, and it's so unbelievably disgusting that the most recent communication I have with her is simply her spitting on me because I disagreed with her. Since when are the issues that dearly matter to you (as I've stated in recent blog entries, the appointment of Supreme Court justices who won't be soft on crime was my largest motivating factor) grounds for attacks by others who you care about?
You don't HAVE to be a bloody moron. Amy is a polar opposite of me politically, but what did she say to me after she saw I voted for Bush? "You have failed me as a big. just kidding. i still love you even though you're a republican bastard. :)"
That seems to be what people are forgetting. You don't go around attacking loved ones simply because you differ. You just continue to love them despite that. I can think of relatives, friends, fellow Kallurians, and other loved ones who are on the opposite end of where I stand. And I would never, ever think of sending them a personal attack because of it.
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Indeed. Very immature and rude. Channel it elsewhere. Fragmented sentences are fun. :-)Tara, Monday, November 8th