Well I woke up this morning feeling ready to go! (Go get the paper that is) I walked out the door, got the paper and turned to come back inside. That's when I glanced to see my proudly displayed Obama for President 2008 sign in my yard only it wasn't there! Hola! Q'est ce que c'est? Holy $#%^&!! Oh there it is lying 20 feet away on the other side of the front lawn but lying flat on the ground with the support rods pulled out and missing. This is the second time this has happened since I put the sign up a week ago.
I am surprised but really not and I should have known. South Carolina's best ignorant rednecks have been at it again. Sadly they are not only ignorant enough to do this but they are also ignorant enough to believe that this is acceptable behavior in the Palmetto State. They think they are the majority opinion, that hate still rules and the black man doesn't deserve the label of human never mind receive basic human rights. My God! The very idea that an citizen of African American descent (I am of Northern Irish descent) should threaten the very foundations of their reasons for hate and ignorance by running and succeeding at becoming the President of their country sends every redneck flocking to the drugstore to buy multiple doses of Prilosec to ease their choking reflux they feel at that thought.
It also sadly reveals the depth of the divisions that still exist in these United States of America when it comes to matters of race. Sure there has been progress, sure the majority of white South Carolinians do not think that Obama's ascendancy to the Presidency is the end of the world but sadly there are still far too many that do feel that way.
I can only say to these people who espouse hate as their cause and hate as their means of propping up their lack of self esteem, " you have my sympathy." "You are what I was and what many of my fellow white Americans were." If I were ever to have to pass a litmus test for eligibility for a job or office which depended on whether I had ever used the "N" word, I like so so many Americans would have to shamefully answer, yes. We are a flawed nation and a flawed society but thank God that most of us were intelligent enough and had lives that involved that very God I thank, so that we saw our sin (and it is and was a sin of hate) and have sought repentance and healing in our society.
We have the opportunity to elect not just any man of African-American descent but the best of the best and a man who has lived a life rich in the experience of both sides of our divisions. He understands the hate and distrust that exists. He has experienced it personally. He has the intellect and skills to lead a nation.
I am surprised but really not and I should have known. South Carolina's best ignorant rednecks have been at it again. Sadly they are not only ignorant enough to do this but they are also ignorant enough to believe that this is acceptable behavior in the Palmetto State. They think they are the majority opinion, that hate still rules and the black man doesn't deserve the label of human never mind receive basic human rights. My God! The very idea that an citizen of African American descent (I am of Northern Irish descent) should threaten the very foundations of their reasons for hate and ignorance by running and succeeding at becoming the President of their country sends every redneck flocking to the drugstore to buy multiple doses of Prilosec to ease their choking reflux they feel at that thought.
It also sadly reveals the depth of the divisions that still exist in these United States of America when it comes to matters of race. Sure there has been progress, sure the majority of white South Carolinians do not think that Obama's ascendancy to the Presidency is the end of the world but sadly there are still far too many that do feel that way.
I can only say to these people who espouse hate as their cause and hate as their means of propping up their lack of self esteem, " you have my sympathy." "You are what I was and what many of my fellow white Americans were." If I were ever to have to pass a litmus test for eligibility for a job or office which depended on whether I had ever used the "N" word, I like so so many Americans would have to shamefully answer, yes. We are a flawed nation and a flawed society but thank God that most of us were intelligent enough and had lives that involved that very God I thank, so that we saw our sin (and it is and was a sin of hate) and have sought repentance and healing in our society.
We have the opportunity to elect not just any man of African-American descent but the best of the best and a man who has lived a life rich in the experience of both sides of our divisions. He understands the hate and distrust that exists. He has experienced it personally. He has the intellect and skills to lead a nation.
It is now more important than ever that Obama be elected as OUR President. It is now more important than ever that we take this opportunity that history has presented to us and seek to heal the deep divisions of our society and move forward as one nation and one people with liberty and justice for all.
1 comment:
I wholeheartdely agree! Are you going to get a new sign? How about let's get so many signs that there isn't an empty space in your yard. Let's paint a big, "Yes We Can" on your house!
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