Fight the Ignorance Fight the Smears

Since when did it become acceptable to degrade and denigrate those who are different from us?

Since when did it become acceptable to be an ignorant bigot against those who have different names or different beliefs?

My last name happens to have a Z in it. I must be some scary secret Muslim.

Timothy McVeigh was a Christian. I don't see back-woods ignorant rednecks questioning John McCain or Barack Obama for being secret Christians who want to destroy our way of life.

Barack Obama is not a Muslim, and if he were, why would that matter? Are you really that ignorant? Are you really that small minded?

I can respect conservatives who disagree with and attack Barack Obama for his tax plans or his foreign policy judgement. I can respect conservatives who believe that abortion is the only issue that matters, and use it as a litmus test when deciding their vote. I can respect conservatives who objectively analyze the candidates before them and vote the opposite I do.

BUT I CANNOT RESPECT IGNORANT PEOPLE WHO RESORT TO MAKING AND SPREADING LIES AND PERSONAL ATTACKS JUST BECAUSE THEIR MINDS ARE TOO SMALL TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS.

If you think Barack Obama is a Muslim, you are not only mis-informed, you are an bigot. If you think Barack Obama refuses to salute the flag, you are not only mis-informed, you ignorant. If you think Barack Obama is a terrorist, you are simply a sad waste of space in our great country. You are no better than the KKK or Neo Nazis, you just happen to hide behind "acceptable" attacks against Muslims instead of Jews or African Americans.

Disagree? Then prove me wrong, take the time to actually learn about who Barack Obama IS, and get back to me.

The ignorance and bigotry coming out of the far right of this country is the most un-Christian and un-American hate that I have ever witnessed in my life.

How can a people of faith, people with religious convictions, be so judgemental and un-Christ-like?

I look forward to the day when all of these ignorant people go to heaven and face God for their prejudices and judgements held while they walked on Earth. I can't imagine living my life with that amount of shame.

But what can we do? How do we fight these ignorant bigots? By engaging them in truthful conversations and forcing them to confront their ignorance. By forcing them to explain themselves. By reading them the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

By going out on November 4th to vote.