It is Good to See Hate Still Exists in This Country

So an article tonight caught my eye.  It is about a new billboard put up outside of a small town in Colorado.  Here it is:

 

I protect their right to say it, but this is the exact reason that we need to educate people.  This is why we liberals feel that spending money on education is an important thing.  This person/group that devised this piece of ignorant racist hate is why we want people to think and read and know what is actually happening in the world.

There are many things wrong with this opinion.

First of all, Obama has shown his birth certificate, but these people choose to ignore that.

Second of all, he is not Muslim, or even if he was, that would not mean a fucking thing people.

Third, even if Obama was a Muslim and even if he was not born in the US, then where is the connection to Ft. Hood there??

There are so many leaps in logic on this that it spun my head when I saw it.

They want people to believe that there is some huge cover-up or something going on, which they have NO PROOF of.  They have their wild and crazy speculations that do not hold water.  Anyone that can think about this for more than 5 seconds sees this.  I am surprised that this billboard was not written in crayon with the level of thought that we are dealing with.

This is what happens to ideas that are dying.  When an ideal is compromised, then the survival instinct kicks in.  Just like a person caught in a corner, they become desperate and lash out.  Their reason does not hold water, they do not have any kind of proof, they turn to ad hominem attacks and any other tool that is within reach.  Really this is just sad and pathetic.

Who contrives this?  Are they living in a bunker twirling their mustaches and hatching plans to take down anyone that is slightly different?

No...

These are follow people.  These are our neighbors and people that we work with.  It bothers me that some of these people are at heart good people that truly just do not understand or choose to stay ignorant for fear or security.  Bush scared so many people so badly that they think that everyone that is not white, christian, and rich are the enemy attempting to take down everything we believe in.

I pity these people.  If ignorance is bliss, then they must be in heaven, but I still pity them.  They are sad and as we evolve as a society they will find themselves more and more lost and lonely.  At least we, the people of character and empathy will be there to keep them company in their dark days.

I think I am going to stop now before I stoop to their level....