Mixed Blessing
On one hand, I love that being politically active is "cool." I've always been pretty vocal about how it's important for younger people to get out and vote, demonstrate, or just be aware. On the other hand, I'm annoyed that people are just going along with a movement that they haven't really given a lot of thought to.
A girl about my age was selling magazines door-to-door, and started talking politics to me because of the John Kerry campaign sign I have in my front window. She told me how much she hates Bush and supports Kerry, but didn't really mention any reasons why. I didn't really care to ask. Then, I found out she was going to College to be a teacher, so I asked what she thought about No Child Left Behind, figuring that was why she was so Anti-Bush. Nope, she had never heard the phrase.
Now, I have a second set of eyes, just behind my conventional brown ones, just for occasions like this. Since they don't have to be able to see, they're built differently than regular eyes. They're much heaver, and it takes more effort to roll them. In fact, it takes every bit of effort and contempt I have to get them going, but when they do roll, it's most satisfying. They make this noise like that big stone that chases Indiana Jones, but you can only hear it if you press your ear up against my skull.
Today, I ran into this. It's a post to the AZJournal community encouraging people to call Senators McCain and Kyl and tell them we hope they don't vote for the proposed amendment that would ban gay marriage. All well and good, but the plea includes this statement: Never before has our Constitution been amended to take away anyone's rights.
I listed the 18th and 22nd Amendments as evidence to the contrary. I can excuse someone for not knowing about the 22nd, but fucking Prohibition? How can you not know about Prohibition? Maybe it's because people are getting their education from people who can't be bothered to read enough of the newspaper to know about a national controversy of education policy.
A girl about my age was selling magazines door-to-door, and started talking politics to me because of the John Kerry campaign sign I have in my front window. She told me how much she hates Bush and supports Kerry, but didn't really mention any reasons why. I didn't really care to ask. Then, I found out she was going to College to be a teacher, so I asked what she thought about No Child Left Behind, figuring that was why she was so Anti-Bush. Nope, she had never heard the phrase.
Now, I have a second set of eyes, just behind my conventional brown ones, just for occasions like this. Since they don't have to be able to see, they're built differently than regular eyes. They're much heaver, and it takes more effort to roll them. In fact, it takes every bit of effort and contempt I have to get them going, but when they do roll, it's most satisfying. They make this noise like that big stone that chases Indiana Jones, but you can only hear it if you press your ear up against my skull.
Today, I ran into this. It's a post to the AZJournal community encouraging people to call Senators McCain and Kyl and tell them we hope they don't vote for the proposed amendment that would ban gay marriage. All well and good, but the plea includes this statement: Never before has our Constitution been amended to take away anyone's rights.
I listed the 18th and 22nd Amendments as evidence to the contrary. I can excuse someone for not knowing about the 22nd, but fucking Prohibition? How can you not know about Prohibition? Maybe it's because people are getting their education from people who can't be bothered to read enough of the newspaper to know about a national controversy of education policy.
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