Progressives passed Health Insurance Reform and I missed the celebration. Obama ran a victory lap with quips rivaling Mark Twain and I missed the laughter. The Tea Party's rhetoric became more vitriolic than ever during the debate and I missed the window for discussion.
However, I'm back. I apologize for the delay (though no delay was present if you've followed my Iowa State Daily works) and I promise to bring you more content as my scholarly duties melt into the ether. Thank God for the cap and gown.
The content of this post comes exclusively from John B. Thanks again for digging me out of the blogging hole.
Today, Slate mirrors a recent piece of mine decrying the misuse of terms like "tyranny" by the Tea Party. The underlying idea is identical to the motivation I used when I began writing for the Iowa State Daily: you cannot simply laugh off hateful ignorance. Even if it's in everyday conversation, allowing people to convince others that Obama is a "socialist-communist-fascist" or bring "facts" against social programs that help the needy is a step backwards for our country. The more people that get away with stuff like this, facts unchecked, the harder it is to move forward in a progressive manner.
John B astutely asks then when someone will finally ask these people, "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" this being the famous question that brought down McCarthyism in the '50s. Honestly, how much longer can people continue to share such a blindingly hateful and errant doctrine before someone finally says enough? Tolerance of this, my friends, is political correctness run amok.
Disagree, but don't hate. Respect and debate for the good of all mankind. Do not "save" humanity by losing your humanity.
It's good to be back.