Anger?

Crackpot
Demented
Insane
Crazy
Racist
Tea-Baggers
Losers
Wing-Nuts
Rednecks
Loony-Tunes
Nut Jobs
Dummies
Stupid, Extremists, Violent, Sickos, Clowns,......................

Is it just me or have others been noticing the increase in derogatory comments being made lately?

In watching the various media outlets, there seems to be a “ratcheting up” of the nasty comments directed at both the Tea Party and conservatives in general. It has actually turned vicious. The words above capture only what I would call the PG version. There seems to be a predilection by many to using curses to “enhance” their opinion.

While most of the video pundits come across as cackling, obnoxious, pseudo- intellectuals, the one interesting aspects of the written commentary is the extremely poor spelling. I’m not sure how you expect to be taken seriously when your paragraph reads like this: “these people are straight up looney toons. we might as well have spongebob squarepants and bugs bunny join the group cause this group is very unrealistic. sure i deffinitly think obama is doning a pretty crappy job in office, but im not gonna go as far as the tea party goes in expressing their oppionion.”

Really? It’s 2010, we all have spell check. I read that and wonder what exactly the Board of Education, nationally and locally, is doing for our kids.

How did we get here? For the sake of full disclosure I am both a member of a 9/12 group and I also attend Tea Party events. I am labeled as a Republican, but I would amend that title by saying that I vote based on my beliefs and not by party position. Sadly, I am of the belief that nine times out of ten I am voting for the lesser of the two evils and not better candidate. I would like to believe that anyone who knows me would attest to the fact that I bear no resemblance to the derogatory slurs listed above.

I have sat here and pondered both what I have seen and what I have read. I hate to admit that not only am I appalled, but I am truly perplexed. Consider this for a moment:

If you hold up a sign claiming Bush is the anti-Christ and a baby killer, you are exercising your protected 1st amendment right. However, if I hold up a sign claiming Obama is a socialist, I am a hate mongering racist

If you riot in the streets against a policy you dislike it is an acceptable form of public disobedience to get your point across. However, if you gather peacefully to show you displeasure with government waste, you’re an extremist.

If you burn the US flag it is ok because of the way this country is perceived as conquerors and colony builders around the world. But if I fly the Gadsden flag I am right wing nut job.

You can engage in voter fraud and election tampering without threat of reprisal, but if I win you immediately claim I stole the election and demand a recount.

As a media pundit you can make outlandish claims and ridicule me, but if I present clear verifiable facts I am a loony tune.

If you support abortion you an advocate for women’s rights. If I oppose I am a religious zealot who “wants 14 year old girls to be forced by the government to have abortions.”

If you start a politically motivated organization, funded by a foreign billionaire, you are a grass roots movement. If I get together with others to voice my opinion we are “astro-turf.”

If you believe the scientists who claim global warming is real, you are a concerned environmentalist. If I believe other scientists that say the claims are exaggerated than I am an intellectual retard who shouldn’t be taken seriously.

If you have a politically embarrassing moment in your life, you laugh it away as some meaningless inside joke and refuse to acknowledge such trivial issues. If I have the same, I am branded for life and hounded about it at every opportunity.

You demand to have your voices be heard. But when it is our time you shout and ridicule us in an attempt to drown out what we have to say.

Remember in March the whole Health Care Bill Debacle? According to the left “Teabagging racists chanted 'Nigger' 15 times at civil rights hero Congressman John Lewis, as they spit on Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.”

Yet, in an event that was covered extensively there is no video or audio of anyone saying the word “nigger” once, no less a “chant” of 15 times. This despite several large monetary rewards being offered for this proof. Nor did any of the Capitol Police Officers walking with the group hear it. In an attempt to validate his claims of being “spit on”, Cleaver contends that a person was arrested by that he declined to press charges. Unfortunately for Cleaver, the USCP stated that “We did not make any arrests today."

What I do find amusing in a sadly disturbing way is that you have the left screaming about some fictitious racist remarks being said while simultaneously using a sexually derogatory remark against the alleged offenders………….huh? Seriously?

Do you see the hypocrisy in all of this?

I have said this before and I will say it again. I tend to spend a lot of time watching news outlets and researching issues. Probably too much time according to my family. But when you stop and really look at what is being said, and the facts being offered, you begin to ask questions. I have watched the left ridicule and mock those on the right, including Glenn Beck, but I have yet to hear them actually prove him wrong.

I have looked into some of his “conspiracy theories” as the left calls them and I have yet to find out where he is lying. Maybe you disagree with him because everyone else you know does, and that’s okay. But do you actually listen? I don’t agree with a lot of people, Beck included sometimes, but it is based on an articulable opinion. However, he does raise a lot of questions that need to be answered and not simply mocked.

The left seems to think that simply ostracizing a person, or just calling them crazy, is a compelling argument. It isn’t and you should not be conned into believing it is. Remember the quote from Catch-22: “Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”

This country is not great because we copy the rest of the world. This country is great because for the most part we put the time and effort into creating things that the rest of the world copied. Our problem for the most part is that we began to read the headlines telling us how great we were and then began to feel remorseful for our success.

If you disagree with me, fine. I truly believe that we can accomplish great things if we think and talk. Sit down at the table and explain to my why you feel I am wrong. Maybe you will bring something that has eluded me and I will change my way of thinking. Or maybe the reverse will happen. All I ask is that you treat me with dignity and respect.

Don’t try to scream over me, mock me, ignore me, or belittle me. That is not what this country is about and I believe we all deserve better.

So what do I believe in?