Ok, now this is my opinion and I am not pointing at any one person.
I dont care how many of you read this, if its 0 or 1,000,000+
and I also dont care how many I offend, this is only my opinion on the matter, and as far as I'm told from our amendments I am allowed my freedom of speech.
So lately I've notice, mainly on facebook, that there are a lot of Obama hate groups, these people are saying its a joke, but its in bad humour and I dont think it is a joke.
One thats stood out to me is one called
"Dear Lord, this year you took my favorite actor, Patrick Swayzie. You took my favorite actress, Farah Fawcett. You took my favorite singer, Micheal Jackson. I just wanted to let you know, my favorite President is Barak Obama. Amen."
Now I am sure someone posted this as a joke, but as I said its a bad humoured joke and a whole lot of people are taking it very seriously.
Has anyone ever heard of the word treason?
Because thats what this is, it's wishing ill of ones leader. And in most countries its a federal crime. And I understand we are a free coutry, but I feel that even if you dislike a person, its one thing to speak your opnion, but its another thing to wish them dead. And yes, I dont really agree with what Obama is trying to put into affect, and I can hope that he will get voted out of office when his term is finished, but I do not wish him dead. I respect him for who he is, he is our countries leader and we can only be a stronger country by setting example to the next generation and respect our leaders.
As I see it we ARE setting a bad example for the next generation by posting these hate groups, hate is a strong word and it should never be used in context against anyone, especially our president.
I see that freedom of speech and being allowed to speak your opinion is one thing, but wishing ill on someone is another thing. And yes we may get offended by a persons opinion, but that doesnt mean we should hate them.
These lyrics should be a example of what we should be saying.
"Hate is a strong word. But I really really really don't like you." Hate(I really dont like you) by Plain White T's
I am not sorry if I offend anyone, but this is my opinion and I'm stuck to it like glue.
“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.”
Don't worry about hurting any ones feelings.. this is your blog, so you get to say whatever you want.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, but I would say to write what you feel anyway.
My thought about that statement was that:
1. the writer of this "joke" implies that they are Christian by praying to God... wishing someone dead.. not very Christian.
2. These are the same people who were very angry any time anyone said they wished Bush was not the president, or that he's a moron.
I'm not very patriotic in the sense that I don't care for the current state of the government, and I dislike the two party system. I feel like statements like that are similar to burning to the flag.. something else that I bet the people posting that are strongly against.