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I’ve started clicking through my favorite blogs lately. Who knew all the bloated leftist propoganda would actually turn me off?
Me, the girl who banged peace drums in front of the White House during the first Gulf war. Me, the girl who actually danced naked in the streets of Madison Wisconsin when George H W conceeded the White House to Clinton (in the snow!) Me, the girl who got bit on the legs by little children trying to keep me from protecting a Planned Parenthood office on an anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Me, the girl who married the most arrogant man I could find because I like the debate. Me, the proud atheist who believes that people who invoke religious arguments are akin to my daughter claiming the path to enlightenment is reached by following Dora’s map.
When the left believes they have become the holier than everyone else, the catch phrase “celebrate diversity” will necessarily be shoved back down their throats with alarming force.
I know people who voted for the winner and I know people who voted for the loser, although I am in neither camp (my candidate came in with less than 1% of the state vote). If you think the election was won by “Bushitler” then you’re past the point of reasoned dialogue. I stand in awe and amazement that we continue to choose our rulers peacefully, all else is but a footnote.
Knitting content will return when I come back from the archives with photos for the cover of my book, (you know, the one about 1960s radicals.)
9. November, 2004 at 09:24
I think there is a lot of anger out there right now. It definitely causes extreme statements. It’s been interesting to watch it come down a bit and for the real dialogue to begin.
9. November, 2004 at 10:31
I usually lurk on your blog, but today I need some clarification. Maybe I am misunderstanding your post. Are you telling those of us who are screaming to shut up and knit? Extremism (and we’ve seen lots of it on both sides) is bad. Passion, along with some well-directed anger is not. I’m seeing a lot of the latter in the post-election blogosphere. What’s wrong with it? Getting angry about a situation doesn’t mean getting “holier than everyone else.” The issues of who was elected, why, and how are too big to just sweep under the rug in the interest of getting along.
Colleen
9. November, 2004 at 11:41
another lurker, decloaking. thanks so much for your reasoned comments. it is a beautiful and incredible country and the best governmental system in the world, regardless of who is currently in office. both sides should take a deep breath, look around, and offer thanks that we live in such a society.
9. November, 2004 at 19:07
Colleen - I have lurkers? How exciting! I can totally understand frustration and wanting to vent that frustration. What I am quickly losing patience for is the idea that those who voted for Bush are mindless or brainwashed or just ignorant yahoos who shouldn’t be allowed to vote. And while some may think that privately, saying so publicly isn’t going to change their minds or win any debating points.
As I drove back from Amherst today, I was listening to NPR - Talk of The Nation had a program focused on Evangelical Christians and their voting power, they didn’t vote based on terrorism or the war or even the economy, they voted based on cultural issues, (abortion, gay marriage) motivated by the feeling that they were sick of bi-coastal intellectual snobbery that continued to dismiss them as dumb and backwards.
Whether you agree with that or not, ramping up the volume on those insults certainly isn’t going to change any minds, just drive the evangelical right (which combined with “Catholic” voters - defined as people who go to church once a week - make up 49% of the voting public) further to the right and into a more reactionary role.
9. November, 2004 at 19:07
I would say Amen…but perhaps in the present climate that would not be appropriate. I believe everyone has a write to express themselves in their blogs the way they see fit. If I don’t like it I can chose not to read it. I can still visit that blog and see what that person is knitting even if I don’t agree with them politically. I don’t mind people expressing their shock, anger or whatever, that is to be expected in a election with this much anger in it. It started to get a bit much with the name calling of anyone who could be so backwards and stupid as to vote for Bush, and how enlightened and superior the people were who voted for Kerry. I too have voted for 3rd party canidates as a vote for none of the above and once to help a 3rd party not to have to go through the petition drive every election.
11. November, 2004 at 10:39
I agree. I hit the little x on the window when the ranting is on. I just … can’t read it anymore .. no matter who I would have voted for (to clarify I can’t vote cuz I’m just a greencard holder)
11. November, 2004 at 11:12
Wow! I so agree with this post. I think a lot more people are feeling the way you are, then not. The divisiveness and intolerance needs to stop.
11. November, 2004 at 13:48
Hey Amy,
Thanks for the comment - I’m with Wendy: there’s been a lot of mud-slinging, and when that dies down (and it is) maybe some real idea exchange will begin to happen. And maybe some knitting too.
Knitting and coffee on Charles Street sometime would be fun. Sounds like you’ve got some really interesting stories to tell
Jackie
12. November, 2004 at 01:39
Wow! I agree with your post one-hundred percent. All week I have been examining and re-examining why I am offended by all of the political expression in the knit-blogs lately. Usually I love debating, and I love talking with others that hold points of view different from my own. But it’s really hard to engage in intellectual conversation when someone assumes you are an idiot with a double digit IQ just because you voted differently than they did.
Your post hit the nail on the head. I couldn’t have phrased it better. Thank You.
13. November, 2004 at 08:43
It’s SO interesting that you bring up the
“celebrate diversity” phrase. For awhile now I’ve considered a bumper sticker that says “celebrate diversity - hug a conservative”. Not because of what goes on here in knitblog world, but because of the reaction of the mainstream media to this election. It’s interesting, isn’t it, that many of those people who are normally so compassionate towards their fellow person spew hate when it comes to conservative thought?
I figure if Mary Matalin and James Carville can do it, the rest of us should be able to, also.
You danced naked??! Wow, I admire your courage!
16. November, 2004 at 18:16
Great post. I’m weighing in late because my blog reads have changed a bit since November 2nd. I’ve waited for things to calm down a bit.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts — very similar to my own — regarding the more insulting posts targeted to the “blue” states.
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